| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: Beijing is the only location considered)
Customer: There are two types of customer, governmental customers and commercial customers. The implementation of processes of each is slightly different between them, especially in the requirements development and verification areas.
Size: The projects in the OU are classified into large and small. Different project size affects the processes
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: The 2 software development divisions uses the same set of standard processes, and the differences are reflected in “Customer”. Thus it is irrelevant.)
Type of Work (Not Relevant: The OU focuses on development work only) |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Governmental Customer (Customer): Governmental Customer
Commercial Customer (Customer): Commercial Customer
Large Projects (Size): Projects with delivered size equal to or more than 100KLOC
Small Projects (Size): Projects with delivered size less than 100KLOC |
| Subgroups: |
Subgroup 1: Large Projects for Governmental Customer
39 People, 2 Basic Units
– Governmental Customer
– Large Projects
Subgroup 2: Small Projects for Governmental Customer
44 People, 3 Basic Units
– Small Projects
– Governmental Customer
Subgroup 3: Small Projects for Commercial Customer
10 People, 2 Basic Units
– Commercial Customer
– Small Projects |