| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: The OU has a unique office in the city of Qingdao, province of Shantong, China. All projects are working in the same location, so this is not a relevant sampling factor.)
Customer: There are two types of customers: private customers and large enterprise customers.
Size (Not Relevant: No effect on implementation. Each project has usually 5 to 6 project members.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: No effect on implementation. The scope of the appraisal is the Research and development security department. The teams belong to the same department.)
Type of Work (Not Relevant: No effect on implementation. All the projects are software development projects and follow the same software life cycle.) |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Private enterprise (Customer): Companies with local scope, this means with operations in the city or close to the city of Qingdao
Large enterprise customers (Customer): Companies that have a national reach, this means they have nationwide operations. |
| Subgroups: |
Large enterprise customers projects: projects for companies with operations at the nationwide level
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– Large enterprise customers
Private enterprise projects: projects for companies with operations at the local level or close to the city of Qingdao
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– Private enterprise |