diff --git a/blueprints/factories/project-factory/README.md b/blueprints/factories/project-factory/README.md
index fe65b6bf6..e496aa4d1 100644
--- a/blueprints/factories/project-factory/README.md
+++ b/blueprints/factories/project-factory/README.md
@@ -41,46 +41,40 @@ The Project Factory is meant to be executed by a Service Account (or a regular u
 
 ### Terraform code
 
-```tfvars
-# ./terraform.tfvars
-data_dir = "data/projects/"
-defaults_file = "data/defaults.yaml"
-```
-
 ```hcl
-# ./main.tf
-
 locals {
-  defaults = yamldecode(file(var.defaults_file))
+  defaults = yamldecode(file(local._defaults_file))
   projects = {
-    for f in fileset("${var.data_dir}", "**/*.yaml") :
-    trimsuffix(f, ".yaml") => yamldecode(file("${var.data_dir}/${f}"))
+    for f in fileset("${local._data_dir}", "**/*.yaml") :
+    trimsuffix(f, ".yaml") => yamldecode(file("${local._data_dir}/${f}"))
   }
+  # these are usually set via variables
+  _base_dir = "./fabric/blueprints/factories/project-factory"
+  _data_dir = "${local._base_dir}/sample-data/projects/"
+  _defaults_file = "${local._base_dir}/sample-data/defaults.yaml"
 }
 
 module "projects" {
-  source             = "./factories/project-factory"
-  for_each           = local.projects
-  defaults           = local.defaults
-  project_id         = each.key
-  billing_account_id = try(each.value.billing_account_id, null)
-  billing_alert      = try(each.value.billing_alert, null)
-  dns_zones          = try(each.value.dns_zones, [])
-  essential_contacts = try(each.value.essential_contacts, [])
-  folder_id          = each.value.folder_id
-  group_iam          = try(each.value.group_iam, {})
-  iam                = try(each.value.iam, {})
-  kms_service_agents = try(each.value.kms, {})
-  labels             = try(each.value.labels, {})
-  org_policies       = try(each.value.org_policies, null)
-  secrets            = try(each.value.secrets, {})
-  service_accounts   = try(each.value.service_accounts, {})
-  services           = try(each.value.services, [])
-  services_iam       = try(each.value.services_iam, {})
-  vpc                = try(each.value.vpc, null)
+  source                 = "./fabric/blueprints/factories/project-factory"
+  for_each               = local.projects
+  defaults               = local.defaults
+  project_id             = each.key
+  billing_account_id     = try(each.value.billing_account_id, null)
+  billing_alert          = try(each.value.billing_alert, null)
+  dns_zones              = try(each.value.dns_zones, [])
+  essential_contacts     = try(each.value.essential_contacts, [])
+  folder_id              = each.value.folder_id
+  group_iam              = try(each.value.group_iam, {})
+  iam                    = try(each.value.iam, {})
+  kms_service_agents     = try(each.value.kms, {})
+  labels                 = try(each.value.labels, {})
+  org_policies           = try(each.value.org_policies, null)
+  service_accounts       = try(each.value.service_accounts, {})
+  services               = try(each.value.services, [])
+  service_identities_iam = try(each.value.service_identities_iam, {})
+  vpc                    = try(each.value.vpc, null)
 }
-
-# tftest skip
+# tftest modules=7 resources=27
 ```
 
 ### Projects configuration
diff --git a/blueprints/factories/project-factory/sample-data/defaults.yaml b/blueprints/factories/project-factory/sample-data/defaults.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..af810c941
--- /dev/null
+++ b/blueprints/factories/project-factory/sample-data/defaults.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# skip boilerplate check
+
+billing_account_id: 012345-67890A-BCDEF0
+
+# [opt] Setup for billing alerts
+billing_alert:
+  amount: 1000
+  thresholds:
+    current: [0.5, 0.8]
+    forecasted: [0.5, 0.8]
+  credit_treatment: INCLUDE_ALL_CREDITS
+
+environment_dns_zone: dev.example.org
+
+# [opt] Contacts for billing alerts and important notifications
+essential_contacts: ["team-contacts@example.com"]
+
+# [opt] Labels set for all projects
+labels:
+  environment: dev
+  department: accounting
+  application: example-app
+  foo: bar
+
+# [opt] Additional notification channels for billing
+notification_channels: []
+shared_vpc_self_link: projects/foo/networks/bar
+vpc_host_project:
diff --git a/blueprints/factories/project-factory/sample-data/projects/project.yaml b/blueprints/factories/project-factory/sample-data/projects/project.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..13a8f5f52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/blueprints/factories/project-factory/sample-data/projects/project.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+# skip boilerplate check
+
+# [opt] Billing account id - overrides default if set
+billing_account_id: 012345-67890A-BCDEF0
+
+# [opt] Billing alerts config - overrides default if set
+billing_alert:
+  amount: 10
+  thresholds:
+    current:
+      - 0.5
+      - 0.8
+    forecasted: []
+  credit_treatment: INCLUDE_ALL_CREDITS
+
+# [opt] DNS zones to be created as children of the environment_dns_zone defined in defaults
+dns_zones:
+  - lorem
+  - ipsum
+
+# [opt] Contacts for billing alerts and important notifications
+essential_contacts:
+  - team-a-contacts@example.com
+
+# Folder the project will be created as children of
+folder_id: folders/012345678901
+
+# [opt] Authoritative IAM bindings in group => [roles] format
+group_iam:
+  test-team-foobar@fast-lab-0.gcp-pso-italy.net:
+    - roles/compute.admin
+
+# [opt] Authoritative IAM bindings in role => [principals] format
+# Generally used to grant roles to service accounts external to the project
+iam:
+  roles/compute.admin:
+    - serviceAccount:service-account
+
+# [opt] Service robots and keys they will be assigned as cryptoKeyEncrypterDecrypter
+# in service => [keys] format
+kms_service_agents:
+  compute: [key1, key2]
+  storage: [key1, key2]
+
+# [opt] Labels for the project - merged with the ones defined in defaults
+labels:
+  environment: dev
+
+# [opt] Org policy overrides defined at project level
+org_policies:
+  policy_boolean:
+    constraints/compute.disableGuestAttributesAccess: true
+  policy_list:
+    constraints/compute.trustedImageProjects:
+      inherit_from_parent: null
+      status: true
+      suggested_value: null
+      values:
+        - projects/fast-dev-iac-core-0
+
+# [opt] Service account to create for the project and their roles on the project
+# in name => [roles] format
+service_accounts:
+  another-service-account:
+    - roles/compute.admin
+  my-service-account:
+    - roles/compute.admin
+
+# [opt] APIs to enable on the project.
+services:
+  - storage.googleapis.com
+  - stackdriver.googleapis.com
+  - compute.googleapis.com
+
+# [opt] Roles to assign to the service identities in service => [roles] format
+service_identities_iam:
+  compute:
+    - roles/storage.objectViewer
+
+  # [opt] VPC setup.
+  # If set enables the `compute.googleapis.com` service and configures
+  # service project attachment
+vpc:
+  # [opt] If set, enables the container API
+  gke_setup:
+    # Grants "roles/container.hostServiceAgentUser" to the container robot if set
+    enable_host_service_agent: false
+
+    # Grants  "roles/compute.securityAdmin" to the container robot if set
+    enable_security_admin: true
+
+  # Host project the project will be service project of
+  host_project: fast-dev-net-spoke-0
+
+  # [opt] Subnets in the host project where principals will be granted networkUser
+  # in region/subnet-name => [principals]
+  subnets_iam:
+    europe-west1/dev-default-ew1:
+      - user:foobar@example.com
+      - serviceAccount:service-account1
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index d32e2fad3..48498db55 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ BASEDIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 def _plan_runner():
   "Returns a function to run Terraform plan on a fixture."
 
-  def run_plan(fixture_path=None, targets=None, refresh=True, **tf_vars):
+  def run_plan(fixture_path=None, targets=None, refresh=True, tmpdir=True,
+               **tf_vars):
     "Runs Terraform plan and returns parsed output."
     if fixture_path is None:
       # find out the fixture directory from the caller's directory
@@ -41,12 +42,14 @@ def _plan_runner():
                                      dir=fixture_parent) as tmp_path:
       # copy fixture to a temporary directory so we can execute
       # multiple tests in parallel
-      shutil.copytree(fixture_path, tmp_path, dirs_exist_ok=True)
-      tf = tftest.TerraformTest(tmp_path, BASEDIR,
+      if tmpdir:
+        shutil.copytree(fixture_path, tmp_path, dirs_exist_ok=True)
+      tf = tftest.TerraformTest(tmp_path if tmpdir else fixture_path, BASEDIR,
                                 os.environ.get('TERRAFORM', 'terraform'))
       tf.setup(upgrade=True)
-      return tf.plan(output=True, refresh=refresh, tf_vars=tf_vars,
+      plan = tf.plan(output=True, refresh=refresh, tf_vars=tf_vars,
                      targets=targets)
+    return plan
 
   return run_plan
 
@@ -102,10 +105,11 @@ def recursive_e2e_plan_runner(_plan_runner):
       walk_plan(module, modules, resources)
 
   def run_plan(fixture_path=None, targets=None, refresh=True,
-               include_bare_resources=False, compute_sums=True, **tf_vars):
+               include_bare_resources=False, compute_sums=True, tmpdir=True,
+               **tf_vars):
     "Runs Terraform plan on a root module using defaults, returns data."
     plan = _plan_runner(fixture_path, targets=targets, refresh=refresh,
-                        **tf_vars)
+                        tmpdir=tmpdir, **tf_vars)
     modules = []
     resources = []
     walk_plan(plan.root_module, modules, resources)
diff --git a/tests/examples/test_plan.py b/tests/examples/test_plan.py
index f82e7ccf8..be0686424 100644
--- a/tests/examples/test_plan.py
+++ b/tests/examples/test_plan.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ def test_example(recursive_e2e_plan_runner, tmp_path, example):
   expected_modules = int(match.group(1)) if match is not None else 1
   expected_resources = int(match.group(2)) if match is not None else 1
 
-  num_modules, num_resources = recursive_e2e_plan_runner(str(tmp_path))
+  num_modules, num_resources = recursive_e2e_plan_runner(
+      str(tmp_path), tmpdir=False)
   assert expected_modules == num_modules
   assert expected_resources == num_resources