| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All work done at same site)
Customer (Not Relevant: All the OU projects are for the school systems)
Size (Not Relevant: All the OU projects have similar staff size and duration)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: All projects have identical structure)
Type of Work: The OU projects either develop a platform or a product |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Product development (Type of Work): Project develops products to run on platforms
Platform development (Type of Work): Projects develop platforms to support products |
| Subgroups: |
Product Development: products are developed which run on platforms
35 People, 3 Basic Units
– Product development
Platform Development: Platform to support products are developed
22 People, 2 Basic Units
– Platform development |