| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All work is done in the Beijing office, so Location is not a relevant sampling factor)
Customer (Not Relevant: All customers are financial companies or banks. Any differences in performance are accounted for in Type of Work. So Customer is not a relevant sampling factor)
Size: There are two project sizes: Large and Medium. So Size is a relevant sampling factor
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: All work is done by the same group in the Beijing office, so Organizational Structure is not a relevant sampling factor)
Type of Work: There two types of work (front end and precondition) that are a function of the size of the customer. So Type of Work is a relevant facto |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Large (Size): Large projects are greater than 6 months in duration
Medium (Size): Medium projects are 3 to 6 months in duration
Front End (Type of Work): Front End projects are done for big mainstream banks in China
Precondition (Type of Work): Precondition projects are done for small rural Chinese banks |
| Subgroups: |
Front End Medium: Front End Medium projects
24 People, 3 Basic Units
– Medium
– Front End
Precondition Medium: Precondition Medium projects
29 People, 4 Basic Units
– Precondition
– Medium |