| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: Only one location – Shenyang.)
Customer (Not Relevant: Customers are from different domain, but the OU develop and deliver software system using same set of processes for all customers.)
Size (Not Relevant: Project and team size are all relatively small and medium, and do not significantly influence process implementation in the OU, and are not considered a management factor.)
Organizational Structure: The OU contains of 3 physical departments that are all software development teams. Each of them is responsible for a particular type of software system.
Type of Work (Not Relevant: All works of the OU are software development related works that are mainly organized and managed as project, with some bug-fix tasks that will not be included in the scope.) |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
System and Software Department (Organizational Structure): Software development and maintenance team specialized in electricity grid related business domain.
Technology Center (Organizational Structure): Software development and maintenance team specialized in network and communication related business domain.
Environmental Business Department (Organizational Structure): Software development and maintenance team specialized in environmental business domain. |
| Subgroups: |
SG1: Projects of System and Software Department
19 People, 2 Basic Units
– System and Software Department
SG2: Projects of Technology Center
12 People, 1 Basic Units
– Technology Center
SG3: Projects of Environmental Business Department
21 People, 2 Basic Units
– Environmental Business Department |