| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: Not Relevant: Not Relevant: all basic units” work is conducted in Jinan China, so location will NOT be a factor that will cause differences on how project work is conducted.)
Customer (Not Relevant: Not Relevant: The software development and research center has the same customers who are the Org internal project implementation& installment department and software project department. The same processes are used.)
Size (Not Relevant: Not Relevant: Size is not important factor that will not have an impact on how product development work.)
Organizational Structure: As Org structure is set up based on customers as well as domain applications. The following Development Departments host software development work: Tobacco Dept , E-government Dept, technique research Development Center.
Type of Work (Not Relevant: Not Relevant: there are three types of typical work conducted in the org: development, service support, and system integration. The planned appraisal will only cover development projects.) |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Tobacco Department (Organizational Structure): The department had developed tobacco soft products to provide software solutions for site implement department.
E-government Department (Organizational Structure): The department had developed E-government soft products to provide software solutions for site implement department.
Technique research Development Center (Organizational Structure): The department research and develop new techniques and products to expand new markets. |
| Subgroups: |
Tobacco soft products Develpopment: The basic units covered in this subgroup are product line subgroups, and are located within Tobacco Dept.
190 People, 6 Basic Units
– Tobacco Department
E-government product Development: The basic units covered in this subgroup are product line subgroups, and are located in E-government Dept.
86 People, 4 Basic Units
– E-government Department
New Technique and Product Development: The basic units covered by this subgroup are product line subgroups, and are located in Technique research Development Center.
53 People, 3 Basic Units
– Technique research Development Center |