| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: Single location, Fuzhou)
Customer (Not Relevant: Focus customers – The local electric power industry.)
Size (Not Relevant: All work are small/medium projects. The work processes are similar.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: All work are done in the R&D Center.)
Type of Work: There are two types of software development work, application and embedded software development. The processes are performed differently. ASD: Application Software Development ESD: Embedded Software Development |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
ASD (Type of Work): Application Software Development
ESD (Type of Work): Embedded Software Development |
| Subgroups: |
A: Application software development projects
14 People, 2 Basic Units
– ASD
B: Embedded software development projects
12 People, 2 Basic Units
– ESD |