| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: This OU is only based in Beijing. Therefore Location is not a relevant sampling factor.)
Customer (Not Relevant: All customers are in the construction industry. Each project must follow the common OSSP, no matter the target customer is. The customers do not introduce any differences of process implementation. Therefore Customer is not a relevant sampling factor.)
Size (Not Relevant: All projects have similar size. It does not introduce any differences of process implementation. Therefore Size is not a relevant sampling factor.)
Organizational Structure: This OU includes sections of Structural Software Development, Industrialization Software Development, and Building Information Software Development. They develop different software applications. Therefore Organizational Structure is chosen as a relevant sampling factor.
Type of Work (Not Relevant: All projects are software development. Therefore Type of Work is not a relevant sampling factor.) |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Structural Software Development (Organizational Structure): The Section of Structural Software Development.
Building Information Software Development (Organizational Structure): The Section of Building Information Software Development.
Industrialization Software Development (Organizational Structure): The Section of Industrialization Software Development. |
| Subgroups: |
Structural Software Development: All software products developed in the Section of Structural Software Development.
55 People, 5 Basic Units
– Structural Software Development
Building Information Software Development: All software products developed in the section of Building Information Software Development.
46 People, 6 Basic Units
– Building Information Software Development
Industrialization Software Development: All software products developed in the Section of Industrialization Software Development.
123 People, 6 Basic Units
– Industrialization Software Development |