| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: Not Relevant: the OU has only one location, in Beijing)
Customer (Not Relevant: Not Relevant: all projects are sponsored by the government, so government customer is the unique)
Size (Not Relevant: Not Relevant: the size of basic units does not affect the way works is performed, and vary in a limited scope, all teams are less than 10 people)
Organizational Structure: Relevant: this factor affects processes used, three laboratories work on different engineering direction
Type of Work (Not Relevant: Not relevant: this factor does not affect processes used, types of work are all software development) |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Services Technology Laboratory (Organizational Structure): Services technology laboratory is responsible for web front projects
Media Delivery Laboratory (Organizational Structure): Media delivery laboratory is responsible for web edge projects
Terminal Technology Laboratory (Organizational Structure): Terminal technology laboratory is responsible for web terminal projects |
| Subgroups: |
3NMEDIA_SG: typical projects focus on services technology
23 People, 4 Basic Units
– Services Technology Laboratory
3NMEDIA_MG: typical projects focus on network edge technology
19 People, 4 Basic Units
– Media Delivery Laboratory
3NMEDIA_ TG: typical projects focus on terminal technology
18 People, 3 Basic Units
– Terminal Technology Laboratory |