| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: Not Relevant: All the applications are developed at one location, i.e. Yangzhou city only.)
Customer (Not Relevant: Not Relevant: Work is not performed differently based on the customer served by that work. Most of the customers are the government units.)
Size (Not Relevant: Not Relevant: Work is not performed differently based on the size of the basic unit or support function. Most of the projects are small/medium size.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: Not Relevant: Work is not performed differently based on the organizational structure. All software development work is performed in the R&D Department.)
Type of Work: Relevant: Work is performed differently based on the type of work. Work could be categorized into: – Software Application Development – Embedded Software Development |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Software Application Development (Type of Work): To develop the software application based on the customer needs, without the hardware terminals
Embedded Software Development (Type of Work): To develop the software application which will be embedded into the hardware as the integrated product, then function properly |
| Subgroups: |
Software Application Development: To develop the software application based on the customer needs, without the hardware terminals
10 People, 2 Basic Units
– Software Application Development
Embedded Software Development: To develop the software application which will be embedded into the hardware as the integrated product, then function properly
7 People, 2 Basic Units
– Embedded Software Development |