| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: Development projects are all in Beijing it doesn”t affect the development process.)
Customer (Not Relevant: All the products are defined by the company itself according to the market requimrent. Doesn’t affect the development process.)
Size (Not Relevant: Size are similar and it doesn’t affect the development process.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: Organizational structures are same in all of the projects and all of the projects are in same organization.)
Type of Work: There are two types of projects:1. Upgrade. 2. New product development. The upgrade projects add feature on existed products. The process is likely tailored from the process of new product development. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Upgrade (Type of Work): Add features on existed products.
New product (Type of Work): Create new products. |
| Subgroups: |
G1: Projects add features on existed products.
13 People, 3 Basic Units
– Upgrade
G2: Projects create new products.
11 People, 2 Basic Units
– New product |