| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: The organisation is based in a single location so process implementation does not vary according to location.)
Customer (Not Relevant: The products are developed as generic items. Currently no customer differentiation occurs.)
Size (Not Relevant: All projects are of a similar, relatively small size and size is not used as a discriminating factor in process selection.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: All projects are conducted within the one department (R&D Department). There is no impact from organisational structure on project differentiation.)
Type of Work: The organisation distinguishes 2 different portfolios of product types. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Monitoring Platforms (Type of Work): Monitoring platform projects develop products that provide real time monitoring of mines and power generation systems. These projects are in reality maintenance projects, to upgrade and reform the products and extend application to the coal industry.
Information Exchange Platforms. (Type of Work): Information exchange platform projects develop products that use relational databases to share data across monitor and control systems. In addition, Information exchange platform projects are more ongoing development projects that are looking to expand their software implementation area into the national power industry, which has a close relationship with the coal industry. |
| Subgroups: |
Monitoring Platform Projects: Monitoring platform projects develop products that provide real time monitoring of mines and power generation systems. These projects are in reality maintenance projects, to upgrade and reform the products and extend application to the coal industry.
12 People, 2 Basic Units
– Monitoring Platforms
Information Exchange Platform Projects: Information exchange platform projects develop products that use relational databases to share data across monitor and control systems. In addition, Information exchange platform projects are more ongoing development projects that are looking to expand their software implementation area into the national power industry, which has a close relationship with the coal industry.
6 People, 1 Basic Units
– Information Exchange Platforms. |