| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All the applications are developed at one location, i.e. Beijing City only.)
Customer (Not Relevant: Work is not performed differently based on the customer served by that work. Most of the projects are sponsored by the government and the company)
Size (Not Relevant: Work is not performed differently based on the size of the basic unit or support function. Most of the projects in the company are small/medium size)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: All software development work is performed in the Software R&D Center using the full range of organizational processes. Hence, the organizational structure does not influence process implementation)
Type of Work: Work is performed differently based on the type of work. Most of the work are categorized into New Development Project and Maintenance Project. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
New Development Project (Type of Work): Projects that are newly created to meet specific needs of business processes. Upon completion of the project, the version will be defined as 1.0.
Maintenance Project (Type of Work): These are corresponding and relative projects before, so these projects require to be upgraded based on specific version. The version of the project will change while the name of the project will be maintained. |
| Subgroups: |
New Development Project: Projects that are newly created to meet specific needs of business processes. Upon completion of the project, the version will be defined as 1.0.
28 People, 2 Basic Units
– New Development Project
Maintenance Project: These are corresponding and relative projects before, so these projects require to be upgraded based on specific version. The version of the project will change while the name of the project will be maintained.
92 People, 5 Basic Units
– Maintenance Project |