Customer (Not Relevant: Not relevant. The different projects follow organizational defined methodology and share the same characteristics, independently for the customers)

Size (Not Relevant: Not relevant. Projects within the scope of the CMMI initiative follow same processes and guidelines regarding the size, measured in terms of FTEs.)

Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: Organizational unit structure at Guangzhou Ju-Chen Information Technology is just one department that has a unique organizational structure)

Type of Work (Not Relevant: Projects follow one single type of development lifecycle, in this case waterfall, and the type of work is similar in all projects of the department of technology for product development.)

Other: For setting up the appraisal this factor has been set, even though there are no factors that determine the way of work within the organizational unit

Non-cycle (Other): This is an empty set. There is only one type of projects within the organizational unit.