| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All the projects and products related work is done in the OU in Dalian.)
Customer (Not Relevant: The clients have no requirements and impact to the procedures and templates used by the development teams in the OU.)
Size: There two project team sizes, larger with more than 15 members and smaller with less than 10 members, which both have some different requirements on the procedures and templates for the teams to follow during their software development.
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: The organizational structures do not have any different requirements for teams to follow during their development.)
Type of Work (Not Relevant: The OU only focuses on MIS and platform application software products for customers.)
Product Type: There are two types of products, MIS and platform application, in the OU, which both have some different requirements on the procedures and templates for the teams to follow during their software development. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Larger (Size): The larger team size has some different requirements on the procedures and templates for the teams to follow during their software development.
Smaller (Size): The smaller team size has some different requirements on the procedures and templates for the teams to follow during their software development as well.
MIS (Product Type): The MIS product type has some different requirements on the procedures and templates for the teams to follow during their software development.
Platform Application (Product Type): The platform application product type has some different requirements on the procedures and templates for the teams to follow during their software development as well. |
| Subgroups: |
Subgroup A: ProdType-MIS/Size-Larger
19 People, 1 Basic Units
– Larger
– MIS
Subgroup B: ProdType-PlatformApp/Size-Smaller
18 People, 3 Basic Units
– Platform Application
– Smaller |