| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All of the project teams are located in Zhengzhou. They develop the similar software and follow the same organizational processes, so the location has no impact on the process implementation.)
Customer (Not Relevant: All customers are in futures industry, so the customer has no impact on the process implementation.)
Size (Not Relevant: All of the projects are the similar size, so the project size has no impact on processes implementation.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: There are only one development division in the OU, so the org structure has no impact on processes implementation.)
Type of Work (Not Relevant: They are all application software development; the same process is followed.)
Software development: As all of the projects follow the same processes, it is needed to create another subgroup for SAS. |