| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: The factor is determined as not affected, because all projects are located in Chengdu.)
Customer (Not Relevant: The factor is determined as not affected, because the customers of all projects are government agencies.)
Size: A) Normal. B) Small.
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: The factor is determined as not affected because all projects are performed by RDD. There is no subsidiary department in RDD.)
Type of Work (Not Relevant: The factor is determined as not affected, because only the software development projects are included in the appraisal.)
Coding Language: A) C#. B) PHP. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Normal (Size): > 20 person -months
Small (Size): < 20=””>
C# (Coding Language): The projects adopted the C# coding language.
PHP (Coding Language): The projects adopted the PHP coding language. The difference in coding languages might affect tools and processes. The processes of CM, TS, PI and VER might differ. |
| Subgroups: |
SG 1: Normal size PHP projects
9 People, 2 Basic Units
– Normal
– PHP
SG 2: Small size C# projects
9 People, 3 Basic Units
– Small
– C#
SG 3: Normal size C# projects.
19 People, 4 Basic Units
– C#
– Normal |