| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All the projects and products related work is done in the OU in Beijing, the location of CRSCIC is Beijing.)
Customer: There are two client types (Railway, Non-railway) in the OU, which all require the teams to follow some different procedures and templates during their development respectively.
Size (Not Relevant: The sizes of the development teams are all about 10 persons, and the team size has no impact to the procedures and templates for the teams to follow.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: The SW R&D Department in the Beijing Research Institute focuses on all the software and MIS application products development.)
Type of Work (Not Relevant: The SW R&D Department in the Beijing Research Institute only develops software and MIS application products.)
Product Type: There are three product types (Monitoring and Security, Internet of Things, Intelligent City MIS) developed in the SW R&D Department, which all require the teams to follow some different procedures and templates during their development respectively. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Railway (Customer): The railway clients require the teams to follow some different procedures and templates during their development.
Non-railway (Customer): The non-railway clients require the teams to follow some different procedures and templates during their development as well.
Monitoring and Security (Product Type): The monitoring and security product type requires the teams to follow some different procedures and templates during their development.
Internet of Things (Product Type): The internet of things product type requires the teams to follow some different procedures and templates during their development.
Intelligent City MIS (Product Type): The intelligent city MIS product type requires the teams to follow some different procedures and templates during their development as well. |
| Subgroups: |
Subgroup A: ClientType-Railway/ProdType-Monitor&Security
28 People, 4 Basic Units
– Railway
– Monitoring and Security
Subgroup B: ClientType-Railway/ProdType-Internet of Things
17 People, 2 Basic Units
– Internet of Things
– Railway
Subgroup C: ClientType-NonRail/ProdType-IntelligentCity MIS
15 People, 2 Basic Units
– Non-railway
– Intelligent City MIS |