| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All work is performed at the Anhui Xinpu offices in Hefei City)
Customer (Not Relevant: Although customers are different for Xinpu’s products, they do not influence the way work is done.)
Size (Not Relevant: Though project team size varies between 5 – 12, people are not dedicated full time to projects. Size has been shown not to have an impact on the way work is performed)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: In total 58 people work at a relatively flat design, with 4 departments (requirements and design, project management and development, Testing, QA). This structure does not impact the way work is performed)
Type of Work: Analysis of data has shown that there are 2 types of projects, projects in the domain of Electronic Commerce and others in the domain of Enterprise Information Management Systems. |