| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: Single location (Hefei, China). All BUs of OU are located in the same location. Therefor processes are not implemented differently. The company was registered in Beijing, but it’s daily office is in Hefei.)
Customer: Customer is relevant. The work is done differently depending on the customers. The processes are implemented differently depending on the different types of customers.
Size (Not Relevant: All projects are of a similar, relatively small size and size is not used as a discriminating factor in process selection.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: The organizational structure does not affect the development of the software products or processes implemented.)
Type of Work (Not Relevant: The type of work does not affect the development of the software products or processes implemented.) |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Commercial (Customer): Commercial means the projects are researched and developed for the general enterprises, the work is performed differently and the processes are implemented specifically for the enterprise customers.
Government (Customer): Government means the projects are researched and developed especially for the provincial governments, the work is performed differently and the processes are implemented specifically for the government customers. |
| Subgroups: |
SG1: The projects in SG1 mainly provides products and services for the commercial enterprises.
8 People, 2 Basic Units
– Commercial
SG2: The projects in SG2 mainly provides products and services for the provincial governments.
15 People, 3 Basic Units
– Government |