Customer (Not Relevant: Not relevant. The different projects follow organizational defined methodology and share the same characteristics, independently from the customers they are implementing the technical solution.)

Size (Not Relevant: Not relevant. Projects within the scope of the CMMI initiative follow same processes and guidelines regarding the size, measured in terms of FTEs.)

Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: Not relevant. All projects are planned and executed within the same organizational unit structure at China Basalt Software Tech for solution development at the R&D Department.)

Type of Work (Not Relevant: Projects follow one single type of development lifecycle, in this case waterfall, and the type of work is similar in all projects of the department of R&D. For product and solution development. Development based on product customization requirements for different customers.)

Other: For setting up the appraisal this factor has been set, even though there are no factors that determine the way of work within the organizational unit

Void (Other): This is an empty set. This is a small organization with just one type of product development projects with just a single approach for product development and set of processes and standards.