| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All the work is done in the OU in Beijing.)
Customer (Not Relevant: The OU has only one power plant customer type, and the customers of the OU have no requirements to the procedures and templates for the teams to follow.)
Size (Not Relevant: The teams normally are made up of 6 to 9 persons and the team size has no impact to the processes and procedures used by the teams during their development.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: The Development Group in the Technical Department develops all big data and cloud computing application software products)
Type of Work: There are two work types in the OU, all new development and maintenance, and which both have some different requirements on the procedures and templates for the teams to follow respectively. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Maintenance (Type of Work): The maintenance work type has some different requirements on the procedures and templates for the teams to follow
NewDevelopment (Type of Work): The NewDevelopment work type has some different requirements on the procedures and templates for the teams to follow as well. |
| Subgroups: |
Subgroup A: Work Type-Maintenance
12 People, 2 Basic Units
– Maintenance
Subgroup B: Work Type-NewDevelopment
21 People, 3 Basic Units
– NewDevelopment |