| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: Single location (Beijing, China). All BUs of OU are located in the same location. Therefor processes are not implemented differently.)
Customer (Not Relevant: The customers of the OU cover a wide variety of industries, including retail, finance, healthcare, and the Internet, etc. and the customer type does not affect the development of the software products or processes implemented.)
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: The type of work is relevant. The work is done differently depending on the type of work. The processes are implemented differently depending on the type of work performed. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Customized development (Type of Work): The customized development type means the projects are researched and developed and based on DataPipeline’s existing products, processes, and the customer”s requirements. Work is performed differently and the processes are implemented specifically for external customers of these products based on the requirements of the contracts.
New development (Type of Work): The new development type means the projects are researched and developed independently. The work is performed differently and the processes are implemented specifically for internal products for DataPipeline. |
| Subgroups: |
SG1: SG1 can be considered as software project implementation group.
23 People, 2 Basic Units
– Customized development
SG2: SG2 can be considered as software products independent research and development group.
17 People, 2 Basic Units
– New development |