| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: (Not Relevant: Organization operates out of a single location in Nanjing.))
Customer (Not Relevant: (Not Relevant: Company processes have been established at the organizational level; they are not differentiated based on the customers.))
Size (Not Relevant: (Not Relevant: Organizational processes are not differentiated based on project size. All projects regardless of their size implement the organizational standard processes with no exceptions.))
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: (Not Relevant: Organizational structure is not a differentiating factor in implementation of the processes. All projects have implemented the same processes regardless of the organizational structure. Type of Business that has been added as a sampling factor dictates the process implementation differences rather than the organizational structure. ))
Type of Work: (Type of work performed does impact the implementation of the organizational processes, product development projects, contract development projects, maintenance and development projects.)
Type of Business: (Implementation of the processes may differ based on the two types of business within the organization, class PLM and class LPLUS.) |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Product Development (Type of Work): These are the development projects
Contract Development (Type of Work): These are the contract development projects
Maintenance and Development (Type of Work): These are the maintenance and development projects
PLM (Type of Business): Represents the projects within this business unit
LPLUS (Type of Business): Represents the projects within this business unit |
| Subgroups: |
PLM, Contract Development: These are the contract development projects that are in the PLM business unit
45 People, 3 Basic Units
– Contract Development
– PLM
LPLUS, Contract Development: These are the contract development projects that are in the LPLUS business unit
12 People, 1 Basic Units
– LPLUS
– Contract Development
LPLUS, Development: These are the development projects that are in the LPLUS business unit
34 People, 3 Basic Units
– LPLUS
– Product Development |