| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: The factor is determined as not affected, because all active projects are located in Hefei which does not affect the software development processes nor how projects are managed..)
Customer (Not Relevant: The factor is determined as not affected, because all active projects are developed for government customers which do not affect how products are developed.)
Size (Not Relevant: The factor is determined as not affected, because all active projects are categorized as medium size and size does not determine how projects are managed.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: The factor is determined as not affected because all projects are performed by R&D and the department does not affect how projects are managed.)
Type of Work (Not Relevant: The type of work is the same across the projects and does not affect how projects are managed.)
Domain: Some projects are developed for education domain; some are for forestry domain |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Education (Domain): OU develops systems and software for Education Bureau and use in education domain, such as for teaching use and homework guide.
Forestry (Domain): OU develops systems and software for Forestry Bureau and used for forest management, such as forest big data management platform |
| Subgroups: |
Education: Develop the system and APP for daily management and teaching use of educational units for the education bureaus, schools and other educational units nationwide.
28 People, 5 Basic Units
– Education
Forestry: It develops software for forestry bureaus in cities and counties across the country, aggregates and classifies local forestry data, and helps forestry bureaus make decisions and make policy adjustments.
30 People, 6 Basic Units
– Forestry |