| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All software development work is done in the OU in Zhuhai.)
Customer (Not Relevant: The customers of the OU are all governmental clients.)
Size (Not Relevant: The size of the development teams in the OU are made up of staff about 9 persons, the team sizes do not have impact to the procedures and templates during the development work.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: The R&D Department is the main body of projects and products development in the OU.)
Type of Work (Not Relevant: The work types in the OU are all embedded software and MIS and application software.)
Product Type: The products developed in the OU are classified as two types which they are environment and related embedded software and MIS and application software. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Embedded Software (Product Type): The embedded software in the OU needs the development teams to follow different procedures and templates during their development in the OU.
MIS and Application Software (Product Type): MIS and application software development requires the teams to follow different procedures and templates during their development in the OU. |
| Subgroups: |
Subgroup A: ProductType-Embedded
25 People, 4 Basic Units
– Embedded Software
Subgroup B: ProductType-MIS
15 People, 2 Basic Units
– MIS and Application Software |