| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All works are conducted in Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province.)
Customer (Not Relevant: Rural financial institutions is the unique customer.)
Size (Not Relevant: The development durations of all projects are about 5-12 months.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: Information technology department is composed from 8 subordinate departments, all of which are of the same structure.)
Type of Work: It focus on software research and development, and it is of three types as follows: 1) Data processing 2) Intermediate business 3) Payment |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Data processing (Type of Work): Software development
Intermediate business (Type of Work): Software development
Payment (Type of Work): Software development |
| Subgroups: |
Opearation center: typical project oriented Maintenance type of Finance located in Shijiazhuang
8 People, 1 Basic Units
– Data processing
Data Center: typical project oriented Intermediate business type of Finance located in Shijiazhuang
8 People, 1 Basic Units
– Intermediate business
Development Center: typical project oriented Payment type of Finance located in Shijiazhuang
15 People, 1 Basic Units
– Payment |