| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All Basic Units within the Zhongke Bohua Information Technology Co., Ltd.perform their tasking at the Changsha city site. As such, there are not differences in implementation)
Customer (Not Relevant: All of the products are provided to external customers. This factor does not drive a difference in process implementation. This sampling factor is not relevant.)
Size (Not Relevant: All projects are similar in size. Project size does not affect the process used. This Sampling Factor is not relevant.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: All the basic units fit within the same organizational department and reporting structure, R&D department. This does not affect the processes implemented. Therefore, this sampling factor is not relevant.)
Type of Work: There are two types of projects, Contract-based development and Internal R&D development. The validation processes will be impacted. There are differences in process tailoring for these two types of projects, so this sampling factor is relevant. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Internal (Type of Work): These are projects to meet internal company needs or yield products that might be used in future work.
Contracts (Type of Work): These are projects that are meant to meet client requirements. |
| Subgroups: |
Internal: This subgroup includes projects to meet internal company needs or yield products that might be used in future work
7 People, 1 Basic Units
– Internal
Contracts: This subgroup includes projects that are being developed to meet client requirements.
28 People, 4 Basic Units
– Contracts |