| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All the applications are developed at their development site in Xi’an city)
Customer (Not Relevant: Work is not performed differently based on the customer served by that work. Most of the customers are the government organizations.)
Size (Not Relevant: All projects are small size projects.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: All software development work is performed in the R&D Department of Government Affairs.)
Type of Work: The work is performed differently based on the type of work. The work could be categorized into New Project Development and Upgrading Project Development |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
New Project Development (Type of Work): The projects are initialized and developed as the new projects, start from scratch, to meet the customer needs.
Upgrading Project Development (Type of Work): The projects are upgraded based on the existing system/applications to meet the new functions/business needs. |
| Subgroups: |
G_New: The projects are initialized and developed as the new projects, start from scratch, to meet the customer needs.
9 People, 2 Basic Units
– New Project Development
G_Up: The projects are upgraded based on the existing system/applications to meet the new functions/business needs.
11 People, 3 Basic Units
– Upgrading Project Development |