| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: Not Relevant: All the application are developed at their development site in Yangzhong City)
Customer (Not Relevant: Not Relevant: The OU develops software applications for the companies within group. All companies within the group are manufacturing companies. The applications developed are to automate a particular process and as such work is not performed differently based on the type of the customer.)
Size (Not Relevant: Not Relevant: Work is not performed differently based on the size of the application that is to be developed. Staff are assigned to a development project based on availability.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: The OU is involved in 2 type of work (see below). There is no specialization; technical staff are involved in both type of development. The life-cycle used is typically the waterfall.)
Type of Work: Relevant: The type of work involved includes Software Product Development and Software Product Enhancement & Support. Software Product Development is creation of new application that covers the system development lifecycle until deployment. Software Product Enhancement & Support is a product change or upgrade that increases software capabilities beyond the original specifications for existing applications. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Software Product Development (Type of Work): This type of work involves in creating new application that cover the system development lifecycles until deployment.
Software Product Enhancement & Support (Type of Work): This type of work involves product change or upgrade that increases software capabilities beyond the original specifications for existing applications. |
| Subgroups: |
Software Product Development: Involved in creating new application that cover the system development lifecycles until deployment.
16 People, 4 Basic Units
– Software Product Development
Software Product Enhancement & Support: Involved in product change or upgrade that increases software capabilities beyond the original specifications for existing applications.
11 People, 5 Basic Units
– Software Product Enhancement & Support |