| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: The factor is determined as not affected, because all the software development teams of the OU are located in Wuhan.)
Customer: A) Commerce B) Academic
Size (Not Relevant: The factor is determined as not affected, because all active projects of OU are Medium size projects.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: The factor is determined as not affected because all projects are performed by RDD. The sub-groups of RDD will perform every project together. The factor will not affect the process.)
Type of Work (Not Relevant: The factor is determined as not affected, because only the software development projects are included in the appraisal.)
Language: A) Java B) .NET |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Commerce (Customer): The projects for Commerce customers will follow the standard processes of Lanshan Technology.
Academic (Customer): There are various users in University customers. The processes of RD, REQM, VAL and IPM might differ.
Java (Language): The projects adopt JAVA language to develop software. The JAVA projects will follow the standard process of Lanshan Technology.
.NET (Language): The projects adopt .NET language to develop software. The TS, PI and CM processes of .NET might differ, due to the difference of development tools. |
| Subgroups: |
SG 1: The JAVA projects for commerce customers
9 People, 2 Basic Units
– Commerce
– Java
SG 2: The JAVA projects for academic customers
17 People, 3 Basic Units
– Java
– Academic
SG 3: The .Net projects for commerce customers
16 People, 5 Basic Units
– .NET
– Commerce |