| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All management and development activities are conducted at one location in Beijing, China.)
Customer (Not Relevant: Although OU provides solutions and products to several types of customers such as academia, public and private, works for all customers are performed consistently using organizational standard processes.)
Size (Not Relevant: All projects use the same process regardless of size and size does not alter the basic steps of the standard process. In addition, all projects within OU are small to medium (All of sizes are less than 10 people).)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: All projects are conducted within the one department, have the same basic and similar structure with project manager, developers, supporting-members, and share the same organization standard processes without substantial tailoring. Consequently organizational structure does not cause significant variations in the performance of processes.)
Type of Work: There are 2 types of works/projects, such as “New Development”, “Enhanced Development”. The major difference between these 2 types is the application of requirement development. |