| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All projects located in Jinan office)
Customer (Not Relevant: All customers are external education authorties)
Size (Not Relevant: Does not effect the process context all projects use waterfall lifecycle and standard set of software processes)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: All projects are within the Research and Development department under the same management structure)
Type of Work (Not Relevant: All projects are software development of systems for external customers. All projects are web developments for education authorties)
Software Development projects: All projects follow same Software development process |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Software Project (Software Development projects): All projects are developed in research and development department
Null (Software Development projects): Added to allow single subgroup |
| Subgroups: |
Software Project: Software project developed in Research and Development department
18 People, 3 Basic Units
– Software Project |