| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: The scope of appraisal is ‘R&D Department’ of GZWITE located at Jiuquan City. No other location is considered. GZWITE QMS processes are established at organizational level for Jiuquan Location. So “LOCATION” factor is not considered for project selection.)
Customer: R&D Department executes software development projects for Government and Enterprise clients. In all the basic units, standard process defined at organization level with minor tailoring is followed. No significant changes observed in the processes followed by these projects for different customers. But ‘CUSTOMER’ factor is considered for project selection.
Size (Not Relevant: R&D Department QMS processes does not vary and differentiating for different size of the projects. All projects are of typically similar staff size (04-05 staff) with similar duration. There is no variation in the work performed in these projects due to project team size and hence all projects are required to follow same processes irrespective of project team size. So “SIZE” factor is not considered for project selection.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: Organizational Structure is same for all the software development projects executed in R&D Department hence no significant process variation based on organizational structure. So ‘ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE’ factor is not considered for the project selection. Following functions / activities are carried out at organizational Level. 1. EPG 2. QA 3. Training)
Type of Work (Not Relevant: R&D Department executes software development projects using the Waterfall Life Cycle. Same sets of processes are followed for execution of these projects. So ‘TYPE OF WORK’ factor is not considered for project selection.) |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Government clients (Customer): Projects for Government clients
Enterprise clients (Customer): Projects for Enterprise clients |
| Subgroups: |
Government clients: Projects for Government clients
9 People, 2 Basic Units
– Government clients
Enterprise clients: Projects for Enterprise clients
9 People, 2 Basic Units
– Enterprise clients |