| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: Single location (Anhui, China). All BUs of OU are located in the same location.)
Customer (Not Relevant: Their customers are mainly about the power industry enterprises, so the customer type is single and does not affect the development of the software products or processes implemented.)
Size (Not Relevant: They classify the projects into Large and Small size, but the size is not used as a discriminating factor in process selection.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: The organizational structure does not affect the development of the software products or processes implemented.)
Type of Work: Type of work is relevant. The work is done differently depending on the type of work. The processes are implemented differently depending on the type of work performed. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Application Development (Type of Work): This type means the projects focus on the research and development of the business applications. The work is performed differently and the processes are implemented specifically for the business applications of Headfree.
Data Analysis (Type of Work): This type means the projects focus on the research and development of data management and analysis applications. The work is performed differently and the processes are implemented specifically for these projects. |
| Subgroups: |
SG1: The products of the projects in SG1 are mainly about the business applications research and development.
68 People, 10 Basic Units
– Application Development
SG2: The products of the projects in SG2 are mainly about the data management and analysis applications research and development.
36 People, 8 Basic Units
– Data Analysis |