| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: There is only on office for application design and implementation services located in Beijing)
Customer (Not Relevant: All customers are from government in railway control area.)
Size (Not Relevant: All project are below 10 people. The organization assumes all projects are same size.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: Research and Development is the department to design and implement both safety and non-safety products.)
Type of Work (Not Relevant: All the services offered in the OU are application design and implementation services.)
Safety Level: There are four safety levels. Project quality control and assurance are different for different group of Safety Integrity Level. Safety Integrity Level 1 and 2 is one group. Safety Integrity Level 3 and 4 is another group. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Safety Integrity Level 1 & 2 (Safety Level): Application is used in general safety areas.
Safety Integrity Level 3 & 4 (Safety Level): Application is used in critical safety areas. |
| Subgroups: |
Critical Safety Project: Project implement software with critical safety control and monitor functions and must be extremely stable and reliable.
77 People, 13 Basic Units
– Safety Integrity Level 3 & 4
General Safety Project: Project implements software with general safety features.
38 People, 7 Basic Units
– Safety Integrity Level 1 & 2 |