| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: This OU is based in Xiamen, Suzhou, Lianyungang, and Changsha. Xiamen is the location of headquarter to focus on common feature development. The teams in other cities are setup for the purpose of closing to their key customers, in order to develop customized features and do onsite support. A common OSSP is established and implemented in this OU for all locations. The locations do not introduce any differences of process implementation. Therefore Location is not a relevant sampling factor.)
Customer (Not Relevant: All customers are government departments. 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: This OU is broken-down into some departments to focus on different process areas and customers. Each department must implement the common OSSP. Considering there are not another very obvious sampling factors identified, Organizational Structure is chosen as the relevant sampling factor with the value of R&D Center and None.
Type of Work (Not Relevant: All projects are software development. Therefore Type of Work is not a relevant sampling factor.) |