| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: Single location (Changchun City, Jilin Province, China). All BUs of OU are located in the same location. Therefor processes are not implemented differently.)
Customer: The 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: They classify the projects into Large and Small to Medium size, but the 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 is not relevant. All the product types are B/S based, with either .Net or Java development tools. Java platform is the dominant platform) |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Internal (Customer): Internal type means the projects are researched and developed independently. The work is performed differently and the processes are implemented specifically for internal products for Changchun WHY-E.
Contract (Customer): Contract type means the projects are researched and developed and based on Changchun WHY-E’s existing products, processes, and the customer”s requirements. The work is performed differently and the processes are implemented specifically for external customers of these products based on the requirements of the contracts. |
| Subgroups: |
SG1: SG1 can be considered as software products independent research and development team.
45 People, 7 Basic Units
– Internal
SG2: SG2 can be considered as a team of custom development of software products.
21 People, 4 Basic Units
– Contract |