| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: Single location, Fuzhou)
Customer (Not Relevant: Focus customers – Communications, finance and public services industry)
Size (Not Relevant: All size projects follow the same standard process.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: All works are done in the Software Development Dept.)
Type of Work: The company classifies projects in two subgroups which are different in the requirement research process. –New development project getting requirement from customer directly. -Enhancement and maintenance: using guidance from the existing requirement and prototype. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
New Development (Type of Work): New development project getting requirements from the customer directly.
Enhancement and maintenance (Type of Work): Enhancement and maintenance: using guidance from the existing requirement and prototype. |
| Subgroups: |
A: New development projects
6 People, 1 Basic Units
– New Development
B: Enhancement and maintenance projects
16 People, 3 Basic Units
– Enhancement and maintenance |