| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: No impact. All projects are developed in house in R&D center in Jinan with the input from business and support groups from Beijing. No process is location specific. The standard product research and development processes are followed by all projects.)
Customer (Not Relevant: No impact. Hardware and software products are developed for market. Standard processes are followed. No process is customer specific.)
Size (Not Relevant: Product based development. Currently, hardware has similiar size, so does software in the business domain. Size is not the factor impacting process implementation.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: All under the same organizational structure, in the R&D center in Jinan.)
Type of Work: Hardware and software development apply different R&D processes. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Hardware Development (Type of Work): Hardware development using hardware R&D processes.
Software Development (Type of Work): Software development using software R&D processes. |
| Subgroups: |
PJ-HW: Hardware development projects.
21 People, 2 Basic Units
– Hardware Development
PJ-SW: Software development projects.
67 People, 17 Basic Units
– Software Development |