| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: The Software Development Department is located in the city of Beijing. Therefore Location is not a relevant sampling factor.)
Customer (Not Relevant: All customers are in the financial industry. Each project must follow the common OSSP, no matter the target customer is. The customers do not introduce any differences of process implementation. Therefore Customer is not a relevant sampling factor.)
Size (Not Relevant: All projects have similar size. It does not introduce any differences of process implementation. Therefore Size is not a relevant sampling factor.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: This OU includes 9 Project Teams. Each project must follow the common OSSP. Therefore Organizational Structure is not a relevant sampling factor.)
Type of Work: There are 2 platforms for project development, Mainframe Platform and Open Platform. Therefore Type of Work is chosen as a relevant sampling factor with the values of Mainframe Platform and Open Platform. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Mainframe Platform (Type of Work): The project developed based on Mainframe Platform.
Open Platform (Type of Work): The project developed based on Open Platform. |
| Subgroups: |
Mainframe Platform: All projects developed based on Mainframe Platform.
65 People, 5 Basic Units
– Mainframe Platform
Open Platform: All projects developed based on Open Platform.
32 People, 4 Basic Units
– Open Platform |