| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All projects in the OU consist of the members at Tokyo Headquarters Office, Suzuka factory, and Tokyo factory. The members at Tokyo head quarter cover the project management and requirement. The members at Suzuka factory and Tokyo factory cover design, development, and quality assurance. All projects in the OU work across three locations. The formation is similar for all projects. Then, the location doesn”t affect the way of projects work.)
Customer (Not Relevant: All projects in the OU work for the different railroad companies and develop the door system software. Though every software specifications are just different, the development processes are not different for each other. Then, the customer doesn”t affect the way of projects work.)
Size (Not Relevant: The OU has only small size projects under ten people(FTE). Then, the work among all projects in the OU is performed similarly.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: The OU consists of three organizations which reside in Tokyo head quarter, Suzuka factory, Tokyo factory. All projects in the OU work across three organizational structures. Then, the work among all projects in the OU is performed similarly.)
Type of Work: Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. and Fuji IT Co., Ltd. designs and develops the software as well as hardware for train door system. However, the OU focuses on only the software. There is only one type of work. That is the embedded software development. Then, the work among all projects in the OU is performed similarly. |