| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: Only have one location, Shanghai, China.)
Customer (Not Relevant: Only have one customer)
Size (Not Relevant: Size does not have any significant impact on how work gets done because agile methodology is widely implemented. Large system development will be divided into similar modules, prioritized in product roadmap in different versions, and small project team size will be established and maintained for the current version to ensure agility)
Organizational Structure: There are 3 departments responsible for system development and enhancement. Some processes (e.g. requirement process) are customized based on domain characteristics of each department.
Type of Work: There are two types of work: (1) New system development (2) Enhancement based on existing system |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
System Development Department (Organizational Structure): The development and enhancement projects managed and executed out of System Development Department.
Trading System Department (Organizational Structure): The development and enhancement projects managed and executed out of Trading System Department.
Requirement Management and New Generation System Development Department (Organizational Structure): The development and enhancement projects managed and executed out of Requirement Management and New Generation system development Department
Development (Type of Work): New system development projects
Enhancement (Type of Work): Enhancement projects based on existing systems |
| Subgroups: |
G_SE: The enhancement projects managed and executed out of System Development Department
51 People, 4 Basic Units
– System Development Department
– Enhancement
G_TD: The development projects managed and executed out of Trading System Department
19 People, 2 Basic Units
– Trading System Department
– Development
G_RD: The development projects managed and executed out of Requirement Management and New Generation System Development Department
35 People, 3 Basic Units
– Development
– Requirement Management and New Generation System Development Department |