| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: The OU has locations in Beijing. This factor is not relevant.)
Customer (Not Relevant: Most of the OU”s subordinate companies within the State Grid group. This factor is not relevant)
Size (Not Relevant: The OU does not perform their project differently because the sizes of the projects are quite comparable. This factor is not relevant)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: Project development and delivery are done within the same department, i.e., the development center. This factor is not relevant)
Type of Work (Not Relevant: This appraisal focuses on development projects. This factor is not relevant))
Project Type: A considerable part of OU’s development effort are for building a reusable development platform, which is used then by the project development teams of their customers to develop business solutions. This type of development is perceived as different compared to other development effort, which is mainly for specific business solutions for a specific customer or a group of customers. The differences are mainly in requirements engineering, verification and validation, etc. |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Platform development (Project Type): Projects related to a platform and framework development, which is used by all State Grid information systems
Project development (Project Type): Projects related to product development for specific business solution(s) from customers |
| Subgroups: |
SG1: Projects related to a platform and framework development
16 People, 2 Basic Units
– Platform development
SG2: Projects related to product development for specific business solution(s) from customers
38 People, 3 Basic Units
– Project development |