| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All the projects are in the same location.)
Customer (Not Relevant: All the projects in this organization unit are developing applications based on requirements from the Product Planning Department.)
Size (Not Relevant: Projects are in similar sizes, and follow the same processes.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: The R&D Center is a flat project-based organization. There are several function groups in the center working on project management, development, and testing tasks. Usually senior R&D members will be assigned to be PM, and appropriate members from function groups will be selected as team members according to the skills and availability. All the teams are following the same processes.)
Type of Work: There are two types of work: incremental development and typical development. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Incremental development (Type of Work): Feature enhancement for existing products. The design and verification works are relatively simple.
Typical development (Type of Work): New product or highly customized solution development. Comprehensive design and verification are needed. |
| Subgroups: |
Incremental development: Feature enhancement for existing products. The design and verification works are relatively simple.
120 People, 6 Basic Units
– Incremental development
Typical development: New product or highly customized solution development. Comprehensive design and verification are needed.
116 People, 6 Basic Units
– Typical development |