| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All development is done in Taiyuan, China.)
Customer (Not Relevant: Customers don”t require different processes.)
Size (Not Relevant: Size (number of people) doesn”t affect the processes used in the projects.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: All groups in the R&D Center use the same processes.)
Type of Work: Safety critical projects require some additional processes to meet safety requirements and for safety testing; otherwise all processes are the same for safety critical and non-safety critical projects. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Safety critical (Type of Work): Laws and standards for safety require some different requirements and testing processes.
Non-safety critical development (Type of Work): Development doesn”t have safety requirements. |
| Subgroups: |
Safety critical development: Development of new products that must meet safety standards.
39 People, 3 Basic Units
– Safety critical
New Development: New development of software platforms.
53 People, 3 Basic Units
– Non-safety critical development |