| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: Not Relevant: All projects are located in Hefei.)
Customer (Not Relevant: Not Relevant: Customers does not affect the way processes are executed.)
Size (Not Relevant: Not Relevant: All projects are about the same size.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: Not Relevant: All projects placement within Development Department.)
Type of Work: Relevant: new product development, or product upgrade development. All projects are new product development, or product upgrade development. The type of work may affect the engineering related PAs. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
New Product Development (Type of Work): Projects that develop new products.
Product Upgrade Development (Type of Work): Projects that upgrade existing products. |
| Subgroups: |
Subgroup 1: New Product Development
34 People, 3 Basic Units
– New Product Development
Subgroup 2: Product Upgrade Development
28 People, 3 Basic Units
– Product Upgrade Development |