| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All the software are developed in house in Beijing.)
Customer (Not Relevant: Customers are similiar in the specific business domain with similiar patterns. Processes are tailored mainly to fit business needs rather than individual customer needs.)
Size (Not Relevant: Product and platform based development, size has no big impact on process implementation now.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: All projects are under the same management and orgnizational struture.)
Type of Work (Not Relevant: All belong to the same software development and service works.)
Business: In different business domains, the software development and service process are tailored to fit different needs. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
AIWS (Business): The Artificial Influence Weather Service business domain.
CIMISS (Business): The China Integrated Meteorological Information Sharing Service business domain.
FFS (Business): The Fine Forecasting Serrvice business domain. |
| Subgroups: |
PJ-AIWS: The projects in AIWS domain, process tailored to fit project needs in such domain.
32 People, 10 Basic Units
– AIWS
PJ-CIMISS: The projects in CIMISS domain with process tailoring to fit project needs in such domain.
18 People, 6 Basic Units
– CIMISS
PJ-FFS: The projects in FFS domain with domain specific process tailorings.
20 People, 7 Basic Units
– FFS |