| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All software development work is done in the OU in Zhengzhou.)
Customer (Not Relevant: The Customer types in the OU do not have impact to the processes and procedures used in the product and project development work.)
Size (Not Relevant: The product teams’ size is about 5-6 persons, which has no impact to the processes and procedures to be followed during the development.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: All SW related work is done in the Software R&D Department in the OU.)
Type of Work (Not Relevant: The OU focuses on E-government and MIS application software products, and embedded product development for governmental customers)
Product Type: The product types in the OU are governmental MIS application software products, and embedded software product which have affects some way of development work and have different requirements for processes and templates for teams to follow respectively. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
MIS software (Product Type): The governmental MIS application software products which has affects some way of development work and has different requirements for processes and templates for teams to follow.
Embedded software (Product Type): The governmental embedded software products which has affects some way of development work and has different requirements for processes and templates for teams to follow. |
| Subgroups: |
Subgroup A:: ProductType-Embedded
6 People, 1 Basic Units
– Embedded software
Subgroup B: ProductType-MIS software
15 People, 4 Basic Units
– MIS software |