| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All Basic Units within the Technical Center OU perform their tasking at the Foshan city site. As such, there are not differences in implementation in terms of location.)
Customer (Not Relevant: The customers are government departments for the three projects. There is no difference based on customer.)
Size (Not Relevant: The size difference is minimal and does not affect the way the projects implement the processes.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: All the basic units fit within the same organizational department, Technical Center.)
Type of Work: Project 1 & 2: The two projects are developed for Platform development, Waterfall development model is used in development process, Risk analysis is updated according to project stage. Project 3: The project is developed for application development. There are more iterations for requirements development. It is necessary to update risk analysis and management plans with every demand change. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Platform Development (Type of Work): Platform products for long term operation
Application Development (Type of Work): Small products derived from short-term operational activities |
| Subgroups: |
Platform: Platform products for long term operation. Waterfall development model is used in development process, Risk analysis is updated according to project stage.
14 People, 3 Basic Units
– Platform Development
Application: Small products derived from short-term operational activities. Risks are updated according to stages, it is necessary to update risk analysis and management plans every demand changes.
10 People, 2 Basic Units
– Application Development |