| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All the projects and products related work is done in the OU in Beijing.)
Customer (Not Relevant: The clients have no requirements and impact to the procedures and templates used by the development teams in the OU.)
Size (Not Relevant: The teams normally are made up of 8 persons and the team size has no impact to the processes and procedures used by the teams during their development.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: The Technical Development & Service Center develops all mobile platform and related mobile application software products in the OU.)
Type of Work (Not Relevant: The OU only develops mobile platform and related mobile application software products.)
Product Type: There two types of products, general mobile platform, client customized application, in the OU, which both have some different requirements on the procedures and templates for the teams to follow during their development respectively. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
General Mobile Platform (Product Type): The general mobile platform products have some special requirements on the procedures and template for the teams to follow.
Client Customized Application (Product Type): The client customized application products have some special requirements on the procedures and template for the teams to follow as well. |
| Subgroups: |
Subgroup A: ProductType-GenPlatform
22 People, 3 Basic Units
– General Mobile Platform
Subgroup B: ProductType-ClientCustomAPP
7 People, 1 Basic Units
– Client Customized Application |