| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: Single location: Xi’an)
Customer (Not Relevant: The OU has one types of customer: government. The processes of government customers’ projects are same.)
Size (Not Relevant: No differences in project size, all projects are small projects(less than 10 people) and development work are from 20-30 staff months.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: All projects are within Technology research and Development Center, working according to same process. These Projects share same management team and support functions.)
Type of Work: All projects are software development, but has two types of work, Mobile terminal development and (PC) WEB application development. The processes of Mobile terminal development projects are different with those of the (PC) WEB application development projects. This will have some impact on the software development activities such as TS and VER. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Mobile terminal development (Type of Work): Development of new products use WeChat platform and develop APP
(PC)WEB application development (Type of Work): Development of new products use only on PC terminal |
| Subgroups: |
Mobile terminal development group: Development of new products for mobile terminal
12 People, 2 Basic Units
– Mobile terminal development
WEB application development group: Development of new products for pc terminal
11 People, 2 Basic Units
– (PC)WEB application development |