| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: No effect. Projects and support groups at same location in Dongying)
Customer (Not Relevant: The products are developed as generic items. Currently no customer differentiation occurs.)
Size (Not Relevant: All small sized projects and no process differentiation occurs on the basis of size)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: All projects are conducted within the one department (Development Department). There is no impact from organisational structure on project differentiation)
Type of Work: Two types of Lifecycle model: waterfall and iterative model and process differentiation occurs |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Waterfall (Type of Work): Waterfall development lifecycle
Iterative (Type of Work): Iterative development lifecycle |
| Subgroups: |
Waterfall: Waterfall lifecycle development
13 People, 2 Basic Units
– Waterfall
Iterative: Iterative lifecycle model
5 People, 1 Basic Units
– Iterative |