| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: Not Relevant: Only have one location, Beijing, China.)
Customer (Not Relevant: Not Relevant: Only have one type of customer: colleges and universities)
Size (Not Relevant: Not Relevant: All active projects have similar size (project duration and project resource).)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: Not Relevant: All projects are managed in Development Department, they follow the same waterfall development process.)
Type of Work: Relevant: There are 2 types of projects: New product development and Maintenance. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
New Product Development (Type of Work): Develop new products for the customers with specific requirements
Maintenance (Type of Work): Enhance existing products for the customers with specific requirements. |
| Subgroups: |
SG1: New product development projects
9 People, 1 Basic Units
– New Product Development
SG2: Maintenance projects
8 People, 1 Basic Units
– Maintenance |