| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: Only one location – Beijing.)
Customer (Not Relevant: The organization has only one customer – China Unicom.)
Size: Many projects have 30+ people, while some projects have a relatively small team. Project team size is considered a management factor in the OU, which may impact the implementation of some processes.
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: People in the OU are dynamically distributed in software projects or software product maintenance team.)
Type of Work: Software development works organized and managed as projects. Projects are divided into two types: one type develop a new software system, another type maintain and upgrade existing similar system. OSSP is tailored for the two types of project. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Large (Size): Project team size > 20
Small (Size): Project team size <=>
New System Development (Type of Work): Software project that establish a new system.
System Maintenance and Upgrade (Type of Work): Software project that upgrade an existing system with a new release. |
| Subgroups: |
SG1: Large, System Maintenance and Upgrade
36 People, 1 Basic Units
– Large
– System Maintenance and Upgrade
SG2: Large, New System Development
65 People, 3 Basic Units
– Large
– New System Development
SG3: Small, New System Development
25 People, 3 Basic Units
– New System Development
– Small |