| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: Only one location – Beijing.)
Customer (Not Relevant: The OU develops and deliveries same set of products to different customers using same set of processes.)
Size: Software projects (refer to “Type of Work”) of the OU are divided into 2 categories by size, and most of the projects are Common size projects. OSSP can be tailored because of project size.
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: The OU is a small development team with people distributed in projects.)
Type of Work: Generally, software development works organized and managed as projects. Also some urgent defect-fix or enhancement to existing software system. Maintenance will not be included because it follows a very simple process, thus is less meaningful for the process improvement. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Common (Size): Project Effort >= 25MM
Small (Size): Project Effort <>
Software Project (Type of Work): To create or upgrade a software system.
Maintenance (Type of Work): To fix defects for the running software system. |
| Subgroups: |
SG1: Common, Software Project
17 People, 6 Basic Units
– Common
– Software Project
SG2: Small, Software Project
5 People, 2 Basic Units
– Software Project
– Small |