| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All management and development activities are conducted at one location in Beijing, China.)
Customer (Not Relevant: Although OU provides solutions and products to several types of customers such as public and private, works for all customers are performed consistently using organizational standard processes.)
Size (Not Relevant: All works use the same process regardless of size and size does not alter the basic steps of the standard process and the life cycle model. Consequently size does not cause significant variations in the performance of processes.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: There is one organization structure with a common OSSP and quality system across all BUs in the organization regardless of the organizational structure.)
Type of Work: There are 2 types of works, such as “Platform Development”, “System Integration”. The major difference between these 2 types is the application of some engineering processes such as requirement development and validation. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Platform Development (Type of Work): This subgroup comprises all internal research or enhancement projects. The typical output may be new function which is for the future usage or an upgraded version of solution which is for the specific customer.
System Integration (Type of Work): This subgroup comprises all contractually based system development or system integration project for the specific customer. |
| Subgroups: |
PD: Internal research for the future market or enhancement project for the specific customer
7 People, 1 Basic Units
– Platform Development
SI: Contractually based development project for the specific external customer
24 People, 3 Basic Units
– System Integration |