| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: Not Relevant: All the basic units/projects are located in Guangzhou.)
Customer (Not Relevant: Not Relevant: All the basic units/projects customers are Government.)
Size (Not Relevant: Not Relevant: There is no size classification of the basic units/projects, therefore the processes are implemented the same.)
Organizational Structure: Relevant: The Organizational Structure is the relevant factor used to divide the R&D center’s basic units /projects (6 of them) into two Subgroups (#1 and #2). Subgroup#1 is a development group that adopts the Technical Framework #1: “Spring + Mybatis” and Subgroup #2 is a development group that adopts the Technical Framework #2: “OSGI + JPA” technical framework.
Type of Work (Not Relevant: Not Relevant: All the basic units/projects are software development projects.) |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Technical Framework 1 (Organizational Structure): A technical framework that uses the Spring + Mybatis specific technical solution and testing process.
Technical Framework 2 (Organizational Structure): A technical framework that uses the OSGI + JPA specific technical solution and testing process. |
| Subgroups: |
Subgroup 1: The development team’s technical framework adopts “Spring + Mybatis” in these basic units/projects.
24 People, 2 Basic Units
– Technical Framework 1
Subgroup 2: The development team’s technical framework adopts “OSGI + JPA” for these basic units/projects.
60 People, 4 Basic Units
– Technical Framework 2 |