| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All projects are developed in technology center in Beijing.)
Customer (Not Relevant: Internal customers served and standard processes are followed by all parties.)
Size (Not Relevant: Application development for mobiles. Standard processes are followed regardless of product size and efforts. So size is not the factor impacting the process implementation. Process are executed base on development models.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: All under the same organizational structure, the technology center in Beijing.)
Type of Work (Not Relevant: The primary works are application development, following either waterfall or iterative development model. Process execution are not differentiated by the type of works.)
Development Model: Waterfall development model and iterative development model are used for application development. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Waterfall (Development Model): The waterfall development model for typical application development.
Iterative (Development Model): The iterative development model for phased application development. |
| Subgroups: |
PJ-Waterfall: The development projects using waterfall development model.
72 People, 6 Basic Units
– Waterfall
PJ-Iterative: The application development projects using iterative development model.
24 People, 3 Basic Units
– Iterative |