| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: Shijiazhuang, China only)
Customer: TYKJ’s projects is divided into Contract projects and Internal projects.
Size (Not Relevant: All the projects are in similar size, and the processes are operated the same way regardless the project size.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: Even TYKJ has several departments/divisions, the OSSP and processes are implemented across all the departments.)
Type of Work: The types of Contract projects are divided into Software?and Software and Hardware. For Software and Hardware, project manager is required to take most of his/her time on controlling the project and risks. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Contract (Customer): The projects are based on business contract
Internal (Customer): The projects are internal projects.
Software only (Type of Work): The projects are software development only.
Software and Hardware (Type of Work): The projects include software and hardware development. |
| Subgroups: |
G1: Internal projects
28 People, 4 Basic Units
– Internal
G2: Contract mobile phone software projects
18 People, 2 Basic Units
– Software only
– Contract
G3: Contract software and hardware projects
42 People, 8 Basic Units
– Contract
– Software and Hardware |