| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All development work is conducted in the Beijing offices)
Customer (Not Relevant: There is one type of customer Enterprise)
Size (Not Relevant: Projects are all classified as Large using the following Size: time<3 months,=”” small;=”” 3months=””>< 6months,=”” medium;=”” time=””> 6 Large)
Organizational Structure: All work is performed in the 4 Development Departments using appropriate subsets of the organizational processes Tailored by the Groups Department manager to meet each groups particular business needs
Type of Work (Not Relevant: There is currently 10 projects being developed in the 4 departments each department caters for different products) |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Development Department 1 (Organizational Structure): Maintenance and development of long term legacy projects
Development Department 2 (Organizational Structure): Maintenance and development of recent legacy projects
Development Department 3 (Organizational Structure): Maintenance and development of legacy projects
Development Department 4 (Organizational Structure): Maintenance and development of long term legacy projects |
| Subgroups: |
Group A: Maintenance and development of long term legacy projects. Whilst all projects in this group follow the organisation processes and are tailored and run by the department manager in similar/identical ways there are differences between departments in how requirements are managed.
108 People, 3 Basic Units
– Development Department 1
Group B: Maintenance and development of recent legacy projects. Whilst all projects in this group follow the organisation processes and are tailored and run by the department manager in similar/identical ways there are differences between departments in how metrics are managed.
214 People, 3 Basic Units
– Development Department 2
Group C: Maintenance and development of legacy projects. Whilst all projects in this group follow the organisation processes and are tailored and run by the department manager in similar/identical ways there are differences between departments in how they are managed
79 People, 2 Basic Units
– Development Department 3
Group D: Maintenance and development of long term legacy projects. Whilst all projects in this group follow the organisation processes and are tailored and run by the department manager in similar/identical ways there are differences between departments in how requirements are managed.
76 People, 2 Basic Units
– Development Department 4 |