| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: Single location (Hangzhou).)
Customer (Not Relevant: Same set of processes are followed to serve all customers.)
Size (Not Relevant: All projects are of broadly similar size and size has no big impact on process implementation)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: All projects are conducted under the same organizational structure.)
Type of Work: Projects are classified in the organization as being product development, platform development or component development projects. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Product Development (Type of Work): Software product development with software platforms and/or new/update/reuse components.
Platform Development (Type of Work): Software platform development with new/update/reuse components.
Component Development (Type of Work): Single software component development or update which will provide services to products or platforms. |
| Subgroups: |
PJ-Product: This subgroup consists of product development projects.
48 People, 2 Basic Units
– Product Development
PJ-Platform: This subgroup consists of platform development projects.
130 People, 2 Basic Units
– Platform Development
PJ-Component: This subgroup consists of component development projects. These components may then feature in either product development projects, platform development projects or both.
37 People, 2 Basic Units
– Component Development |