| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All work is done in Weifang, Shandong, China)
Customer (Not Relevant: The firm develops software using the same process for all its customers. Software quality over cost.)
Size (Not Relevant: Projects are approximately the same size.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: All the projects have the same basic and similar structure with project manager / project lead, team-members etc. Additionally they all share the same OSSP (processes) implementation with no substantial tailoring. Consequently organizational structure does not cause significant variations in the performance of processes.)
Type of Work: The firm has “New Software Application Development” and “Software Maintenance with Upgrade Integration” projects. There are differences between the “New Software Application Development” and “Software Maintenance with Upgrade Integration” projects such as the approach for requirements, focus and lifecycle activities. |