| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: Only one location: Nanjing.)
Customer (Not Relevant: All customers are same category in similiar industries. The OU perform same types of work using same process set for all customers.)
Size (Not Relevant: Almost all development projects (refer to “Type of Work”) are moderate size. Large-size project is very few.)
Organizational Structure: Three different development divisions in the organizational structure that may cause different process implementation.
Type of Work: Generally, software development works organized and managed as project. Also some urgent defect-fix for existing software system. Patch will not be included because it follows a simple process of bug-fix, thus is less meaningful for the process improvement.
Business Domain: All projects focus on three different business Domains, include Simulation, Enterprise application and Large Mount Data Analysis and Intelligence Internet of things |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Simulation Department (Organizational Structure): Simulation Department focus system simulation development project.
Big Data Department (Organizational Structure): Big Data Department focus on enterprise private cloud application system development project.
Intelligence Internet of things Department (Organizational Structure): Intelligence Internet of things Department focus on military relevant Intelligence Internet of things system development project.
Development Project (Type of Work): software development works organized and managed as project. Also some urgent defect-fix for existing software system.
Patch (Type of Work): To fix defects of running software system, Patch will not be included because it follows a simple process of bug-fix, thus is less meaningful for the process improvement.
Simulation (Business Domain): Project”s business domin is System Simulation.
Enterprise private cloud application and Large Mount Data Analysis (Business Domain): Project”s business domin is Enterprise private cloud application and Large Mount Data Analysis.
Intelligence Internet of things (Business Domain): Project”s business domin is military relevant Intelligence Internet of things |
| Subgroups: |
SG1: Big Data Department, Development Project, Enterprise application and Large Mount Data Analysis project.
35 People, 3 Basic Units
– Development Project
– Big Data Department
– Enterprise private cloud application and Large Mount Data Analysis
SG2: Intelligence Internet of things Department, Development Project, Intelligence Internet of things project
41 People, 3 Basic Units
– Intelligence Internet of things
– Intelligence Internet of things Department
– Development Project
SG3: Simulation Department, Development Project, Simulation project
34 People, 3 Basic Units
– Development Project
– Simulation
– Simulation Department |