| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: There is only one location: Shanghai office where all software projects were developed.)
Customer (Not Relevant: All software projects are developed for government agencies.)
Size (Not Relevant: All software projects are of similar size less than 10 people.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: All software projects are developed under Software R&D Department.)
Type of Work: There are two types of work executed under the OU: application software development and embedded software development. Design, integration and testing processes are executed differently. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
ASD (Type of Work): Application Software development
ESD (Type of Work): Embedded Software development |
| Subgroups: |
Application Software: The subgroup develops application software projects
16 People, 2 Basic Units
– ASD
Embedded Software: The subgroup develops embedded software which controls hardware
6 People, 1 Basic Units
– ESD |