| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All projects are developed in same office in Guangzhou city, China)
Customer (Not Relevant: The customer does not have a significant influence on how processes are implemented or performed within the organizational unit. The customer are automotive ones)
Size (Not Relevant: All projects have similar size)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: For developing the projects, they are using the same organizational structure in Shenzhen headquarter office)
Type of Work: The organization has using different processes depending on if the projects are maintaining existing products (new versions) or creating new products |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
creating (Type of Work): The result of the software development project is a new product
maintaining (Type of Work): The result of the software maintenance is a new version of an existing product |
| Subgroups: |
S1 New Products: The set of projects where the results are new products of the R&D Center
18 People, 2 Basic Units
– creating
S2 New Versions: These are projects for maintaining existing products and the result of these are new versions of these products
19 People, 2 Basic Units
– maintaining |