| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: Only one location in scope, Nanjing, China.)
Customer (Not Relevant: It”s a product company. Requirements are gathered from various customers to build product. Customer don”t direct impact on project management and delivery, so it is not a sampling factor.)
Size (Not Relevant: Size does not have any significant impact on how work gets done because all the projects are enhancement projects based on existing products. So there is no large product development team, enhancement requirements are prioritized to to ensure projects have similar small size to ensure agility.)
Organizational Structure: There are 3 product lines based on 3 different development platforms. So it is a critical sampling factor.
Type of Work (Not Relevant: Only have development project.) |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Specialized product line (Organizational Structure): The development projects out of specialized product line
wireless product line (Organizational Structure): The development projects out of wireless product line
Integrated service Product Line (Organizational Structure): The development projects out of Integrated service Product Line |
| Subgroups: |
G1: Projects out of Specialized Product Line
60 People, 4 Basic Units
– Specialized product line
G2: The projects out of Wireless product line
54 People, 4 Basic Units
– wireless product line
G3: The projects out of Integrated service Product Line
68 People, 2 Basic Units
– Integrated service Product Line |