| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All projects are developed by teams in the same location: Suzhou, Jiangsu Province.)
Customer (Not Relevant: All their customers are in the medical industry. Customer is not a factor to differentiate projects” development processes.)
Size (Not Relevant: All projects are small to medium in size. 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 Re-Development. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
New Development (Type of Work): This type of projects build new software systems with no legacy systems as basis.
Re-Development (Type of Work): This type of projects build software systems based on legacy systems, adding features or conducting code refactoring. |
| Subgroups: |
NewDev: Projects of this subgroup are of the New-Development type.
32 People, 2 Basic Units
– New Development
ReDev: Projects of this subgroup are of the Re-Development type.
35 People, 3 Basic Units
– Re-Development |