| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All work is performed in Shanghai)
Customer: There are two primary custom: Japan Osakan and domestic.
Size (Not Relevant: All projects usually were completed in 1-3 months with less than 25 persons.)
Organizational Structure: There are five development department in the organization, the department 1-3 focus on ODIN projects and follow the same lifecycle, the department 4&5 work on domestic projects and follow the same lifecycle.
Type of Work (Not Relevant: All projects are Software Development projects)
Lifecycle model: there are three lifecycle model were defined in OU, but only two have been applied up to now. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
ODIN (Customer): the outsourcing customer, Japan Osakan, served by ODIN projects
CMS (Customer): Domestic customer,served by CMS project
Department 1 (Organizational Structure): software developement department 1,work for ODIN projects.
Department 2 (Organizational Structure): software developement department 2,work for ODIN projects.
Department 3 (Organizational Structure): software developement department 3,work for ODIN projects.
Department 4&5 (Organizational Structure): software developement department 4&5,work for CMS projects.
Simplified V-lifecycle (Lifecycle model): Applied by ODIN projects
Medium simplified V-Lifecycle (Lifecycle model): Applied by CMS project |
| Subgroups: |
ODIN-1: ODIN projects which were developed in department 1
27 People, 4 Basic Units
– ODIN
– Simplified V-lifecycle
– Department 1
ODIN-2: ODIN projects which were developed in department 2
24 People, 7 Basic Units
– Department 2
– Simplified V-lifecycle
– ODIN
ODIN-3: ODIN projects which were developed in department 3
29 People, 7 Basic Units
– ODIN
– Simplified V-lifecycle
– Department 3
CMS: Domestic projects which were developed in department 4&5
7 People, 1 Basic Units
– Department 4&5
– Medium simplified V-Lifecycle
– CMS |