| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All the projects and products related work is done in the OU in Beijing.)
Customer (Not Relevant: There is only one governmental client type in the OU.)
Size: The product team sizes are at two levels that the smaller teams have about 10 persons and the larger teams have about 20 persons. And the two levels of team sizes have some impact to the procedures and templates used by the teams respectively.
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: The organization structure is equivalent to the product type.)
Type of Work (Not Relevant: The OU only develops E-Government and GIS & Remote Sensing software.)
Product Type: There are two types of products in the OU that they are E-Government and GIS & Remote Sensing, which both product types have some impact to the processes and templates used by the teams respectively. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Smaller (Size): The smaller teams have about 10 persons and the smaller teams have some impact to the procedures and templates used during the development.
Larger (Size): The larger teams have about 20 persons and the larger teams have some impact to the procedures and templates used during the development as well.
E-Government (Product Type): The E-Government product type has some impact to the processes and templates used by the teams during developement.
GIS & Remote Sensing (Product Type): The GIS & Remote Sensing product type has some impact to the processes and templates used by the teams during developement as well. |
| Subgroups: |
Subgroup A: Team-Smaller/Product-E-Govn
18 People, 2 Basic Units
– Smaller
– E-Government
Subgroup B: Team-Larger/Product-GIS&RemoteSensing
42 People, 4 Basic Units
– GIS & Remote Sensing
– Larger |