| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: Not Relevant: All projects are located in Wuhan.)
Customer: Relevant: There are 2 kinds of customer, government department and financial organization, different kind customer use different type of work.
Size (Not Relevant: Not Relevant: There is no specific classification of projects into Large Medium Small buckets.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: Not Relevant: All projects follow the same QMS (Quality Management System), there are no department specific processes or guidelines.)
Type of Work: Relevant: There are 2 types of project life cycles, waterfall and iteration. This will have some impacts on the software development activities such as planning, design, development and testing. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Government (Customer): The customer focus on local government department.
Financial (Customer): The customer focus on financial organization.
Waterfall (Type of Work): Projects following waterfall life cycle.
Iteration (Type of Work): Projects following iteration life cycle. |
| Subgroups: |
Subgroup1 (Government by Waterfall): Develop the software product for government customer by waterfall life cycle.
19 People, 2 Basic Units
– Government
– Waterfall
Subgroup2 (Financial by Iteration): Develop the software product for financial customer by iteration life cycle.
26 People, 2 Basic Units
– Iteration
– Financial |