| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: Not relevant: Only one location at Zhengzhou, Henan, China)
Customer: Relevant: The projects are divided into internal projects without formal contract and the contract projects with formal contract
Size (Not Relevant: Not relevant: All the projects have similar size between 8-15 people)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: Not relevant: XYH is a small- to mid-sized company. The management structure is very flat)
Type of Work (Not Relevant: Not relevant: All the projects are software development projects with similar development tools and languages) |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Internal Projects (Customer): The projects are divided into internal projects without formal contract
Contract Projects (Customer): The contract projects with formal contract |
| Subgroups: |
Subgroup 1: The projects are divided into internal projects without formal contract
36 People, 5 Basic Units
– Internal Projects
Subgroup 2: The contract projects with formal contract
65 People, 7 Basic Units
– Contract Projects |