| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All the work is done in the OU in Taiyuan.)
Customer: There are two client types, warehouse clients and automaker 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 7 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 and product 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 (Customer): The warehouse clients have some different requirements to the procedures and templates used by the development teams respectively in the OU.
Automaker (Customer): The automaker 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 different requirements to the procedures and templates used by the development teams in the OU.
Embedded (Product Type): The embedded software has some different requirements to the procedures and templates used by the development teams in the OU as well. |
| Subgroups: |
Subgroup A: ProductType-AppMIS/Client-Warehouse
18 People, 3 Basic Units
– Warehouse
– Application MIS
Subgroup B: ProductType-Embedded/Client-AutoMaker
12 People, 2 Basic Units
– Embedded
– Automaker |