| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: Team members are located in Shanghai, thus location is not relevant.)
Customer: There are two types of customers: Companies in China owned by Japanese firms and others.
Size (Not Relevant: Only large projects (Effort >= 10 man months) are included in the appraisal.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: The organizational structure is based on types of work, thus is not relevant.)
Type of Work: There are two type of development work types: User Application or ERP Package based solutions. The amount of reuse is very different. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
CCOJ (Customer): It covers companies in China owned by Japanese firms.
Other (Customer): It covers other clients.
UP (Type of Work): It covers User Applications type.
ERP (Type of Work): It covers ERP Package based solutions type. |
| Subgroups: |
CCOJ and UP: The basic units covered in this subgroup are projects that are user applications for companies in China owned by Japanese firms.
30 People, 6 Basic Units
– CCOJ
– UP
CCOJ and ERP: The basic units covered by this subgroup are projects that are ERP package based solutions for companies in China owned by Japanese firms.
35 People, 5 Basic Units
– ERP
– CCOJ
Other and UP: The basic units covered in this subgroup are projects that are user applications for other clients (firms that are not owned by Japanese companies).
40 People, 5 Basic Units
– Other
– UP
Other and ERP: The basic units covered in this subgroup are projects that are ERP package based solutions for other clients (firms that are not owned by Japanese companies).
23 People, 4 Basic Units
– ERP
– Other |