| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All projects are developed by teams in the same location: Suzhou, Jiangsu Province.)
Customer (Not Relevant: Their customers are either commercial companies or government organizations, which is not a factor to differentiate projects” development processes.)
Size (Not Relevant: All their projects are small in size — less than 15 people each project. Analysis shows that size has no impact on differentiating projects” development processes.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: All projects are from the same development unit in the organization.)
Type of Work: Work is done differently based on type of development work. Two types of work are identified: New Development and Enhancement. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
New Development (Type of Work): Type of this projects build new software systems with no legacy systems as basis.
Enhancement (Type of Work): Type of this projects build software systems based on existing systems, adding features with new customer requirements. |
| Subgroups: |
NewDev: Projects of this subgroup are of the New Development project type.
16 People, 2 Basic Units
– New Development
Enhance: Projects of this subgroup are of the Enhancement project type.
30 People, 3 Basic Units
– Enhancement |