| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: Not Relevant: All the application are developed at their development site in Shanghai City)
Customer (Not Relevant: Not Relevant: The OU is involved in Software Application Development and Mobile Application Development. A type customer could either one type of application or both types of application. As such the type of customer is not relevant.)
Size (Not Relevant: Not Relevant: Work is not performed differently based on the size of the basic unit or support function, most of the projects are small/medium size projects)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: Not Relevant: Even though the technical staff selected to work on particular projects are based on the complexity and duration of the projects the isn’t a formal structure to divide the staff into two teams. As such work is not performed differently based on the organizational structure.)
Type of Work: Relevant: Work is performed differently based on the type of work: Software Application Development and Mobile Application Development |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Software Application Development (Type of Work): Software Application Development
Mobile-based Application Development (Type of Work): Mobile-based Application Development |
| Subgroups: |
Software Application Development: Software Application Development
16 People, 9 Basic Units
– Software Application Development
Mobile-based Application Development: Mobile-based Application Development
6 People, 1 Basic Units
– Mobile-based Application Development |