| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All the projects and products related work is done in the OU in Taiyuan.)
Customer: There are two client types, warehouse clients and auto maker clients, which both have some different requirements to the procedures and templates used by the development teams respectively in the OU.
Size (Not Relevant: The team size is about 5 persons and it does not have impact to the processes, procedures and templates used by the teams during the development.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: The organizational structure is equivalent to the client types.)
Type of Work (Not Relevant: The OU only develops software products.)
Product Type: There are two product types, application MIS software and embedded software, which both have some impacts to the procedures and templates used by the development teams respectively in the OU. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Warehouse Clients (Customer): The warehouse clients have some different requirements to the procedures and templates used by the development teams respectively in the OU.
Auto Maker Clients (Customer): The auto maker clients have some different requirements to the procedures and templates used by the development teams respectively in the OU as well.
Application MIS (Product Type): The application MIS software has some impacts to the procedures and templates used by the development teams respectively in the OU.
Embedded (Product Type): The embedded software has some impacts to the procedures and templates used by the development teams respectively in the OU as well. |
| Subgroups: |
Subgroup A: ProductType-AppMIS/Client-Warehouse
11 People, 4 Basic Units
– Warehouse Clients
– Application MIS
Subgroup B: ProductType-Embedded/Client-AutoMaker
23 People, 5 Basic Units
– Embedded
– Auto Maker Clients |