| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All projects are developed by teams in the same locations: Beijing, China.)
Customer (Not Relevant: All their customers are of the same type: government entities or government authorized organizations.)
Size: Projects” development processes differ by size. Three groups of projects are identified: large projects, medium-size projects, or small projects.
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: All projects are from the same organizational unit: the research and development center.)
Type of Work (Not Relevant: All projects are of the same type — new software development across all life cycle phases.) |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Large (Size): Projects that are greater than 36 man-month by its total development effort.
Medium (Size): Projects that are greater than 18 man-month but less than 36 man-month by its total development effort.
Small (Size): Projects that are less than 18 man-month by its total development effort. |
| Subgroups: |
LP: Projects in this subgroup are of the Large project type.
55 People, 4 Basic Units
– Large
MP: Projects in this subgroup are of the Medium project type.
51 People, 10 Basic Units
– Medium
SP: Projects in this subgroup are of the Small project type.
24 People, 6 Basic Units
– Small |