Customer: Organization unit serves both Government and Enterprise customers in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China PRC and hence considered to be relevant for sampling.

Size: Size the basic units are classified as Small sized (Team Size: <= 8="" ftes="" and="" duration:=""><=6 months),="" medium="" sized="" (team="" size:=""> 8 FTEs and <= 15="" ftes="" and="" duration:=""> 6 months and <= 9="" months)="" and="" big="" sized="" (team="" size:="">15 FTEs and Duration: > 9 months) in the organizational unit and hence considered to be relevant for sampling.

Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: Organizational structure across all the basic units in the organizational unit remains the same and hence not considered to be relevant for sampling.)

Type of Work (Not Relevant: Software development life cycle (Waterfall) used for all basic units, and developed in the similar technology (Java, J2EE), and same domain Transportation Infrastructure and hence considered not relevant for sampling.)

Enterprise (Customer): Software development projects in Transportation Infrastructure for Enterprise customer in Java.

Small (Size): Software development projects of small size.

Medium (Size): Software development projects of medium size.

Big (Size): Software development projects of big size.

SG # 2: Software development projects in Transportation Infrastructure for Enterprise customers in Shenzhen of Big scale in waterfall model using Java.
22 People, 2 Basic Units
– Big
– Enterprise

SG # 3: Software development projects in Transportation Infrastructure for Government customers in Shenzhen of Medium scale in waterfall model using Java.
16 People, 2 Basic Units
– Government
– Medium

SG # 4: Software development projects in Transportation Infrastructure for Government customers in Shenzhen of Small scale in waterfall model using Java.
5 People, 1 Basic Units
– Government
– Small