| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All the applications are developed at their development site in Beijing city)
Customer (Not Relevant: Work is not performed differently based on the customer served by that work. Most of the customers are commercial enterprises)
Size (Not Relevant: All projects are small size projects)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: All software development work is performed in the Product R&D Center)
Type of Work: The work is performed differently based on the type of work. The work could be categorized into – Standard Application Development – Maintenance Application Development |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Standard Application Development (Type of Work): To develop the new application based on the customer input or marketing needs
Maintenance Application Development (Type of Work): To upgrade/maintain the existing application by adding or revising some features to improve the function |
| Subgroups: |
G_STD: To develop the new application based on the customer input or marketing needs
26 People, 3 Basic Units
– Standard Application Development
G_MAINT: To upgrade/maintain the existing application by adding or revising some features to improve the function
7 People, 1 Basic Units
– Maintenance Application Development |