| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All projects located in Houston, TX.)
Customer: Different type of customers require different processes
Size (Not Relevant: Size has no impact on process.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: All projects are in the same structure)
Type of Work: SBIR projects follow a slightly different process |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Commercial (Customer): Commercial life sciences customers
Government (Customer): Government customers, especially NASA
SBIR (Type of Work): Small Business Innovative Research projects
non-SBIR (Type of Work): Most projects that are not SBIR |
| Subgroups: |
Government: People working for the federal government, mostly NASA
21 People, 2 Basic Units
– Government
– non-SBIR
Commercial: People working on commercial projects, mostly medical devices
12 People, 2 Basic Units
– non-SBIR
– Commercial
SBIR: Small Business Innovation Research
26 People, 2 Basic Units
– Government
– SBIR |