| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: Only one location – Yantai.)
Customer (Not Relevant: Although the customers are in several industries, the OU provides same set of products for different customers without discrimination.)
Size (Not Relevant: Most of the project are moderate size. Size is not considered a critical factor in project management, although some minor tailoring to the OSSP base on project size may occur sometimes.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: The OU is a small software development team with people distributed in different projects dynamically.)
Type of Work: Generally, development works organized and managed as projects. Projects are divided into two types: one type focus on the continuous development of the main independent product of the company, another type develop system based on the requirements of specific customer. OSSP is tailored for the two types of project. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Product Development Project (Type of Work): Works managed as project to create or upgrade independent product.
Customized Project (Type of Work): Works Managed as project to develop a product based on specific customer requirements. |
| Subgroups: |
SG1: Product Development Project
10 People, 1 Basic Units
– Product Development Project
SG2: Customized Project
9 People, 2 Basic Units
– Customized Project |