| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All the applications are developed at one location, i.e. Quzhou city only.)
Customer (Not Relevant: Work is not performed differently based on the customer served by that work. Most of the customers are government organization.)
Size (Not Relevant: Work is not performed differently based on the size of the basic unit or support function. Most of the projects in the company are small/medium size.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: Work is not performed differently based on the organizational structure. All the R&D activities are conducted in the Software Department)
Type of Work (Not Relevant: Work is not performed differently based on the type of the work. Most of the work are software application development and maintenance.)
Technologies: According to the applied technologies, the projects could be categorized into: JAVA (programming language) + Linux (operation system); C# (programming language) + Windows (operation system) |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
JAVA + Linux (Technologies): JAVA (programming language) + Linux (operation system)
C# + Windows (Technologies): C# (programming language) + Windows (operation system) |
| Subgroups: |
JAVA + Linux: JAVA (programming language) + Linux (operation system)
18 People, 3 Basic Units
– JAVA + Linux
C# + Windows: C# (programming language) + Windows (operation system)
7 People, 2 Basic Units
– C# + Windows |