| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All the projects and products related work is done in the OU in Dalian.)
Customer (Not Relevant: The customer of the OU is distance education college of DUFETECH and has no impact to the processes in the OU.)
Size: The sizes of the teams are normally at two levels, which both require the teams to follow some different procedures.
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: The Software R&D and Maintenance Center is the main body of software product development in the OU.)
Type of Work: There are two types of work in the OU, which both require the teams to follow some different procedures. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Larger (Size): The larger teams, with more than 10 persons, need to follow some different procedures during their work.
Smaller (Size): The smaller teams, with 3-6persons, need to follow some different procedures during their work as well.
New product development (Type of Work): The new product development work type requires the teams to follow some different processes.
Maintenance (Type of Work): The maintenance work type requires the teams to follow some different processes as well. |
| Subgroups: |
Subgroup A: WorkType-NewDev/Size-Larger
11 People, 1 Basic Units
– Larger
– New product development
Subgroup B: WorkType-Main/Size-Smaller
11 People, 4 Basic Units
– Maintenance
– Smaller |