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Table 1 Organizational characteristics and their measurement levels as identified by (Mijnhardt et al. 2014)

From: An analytics approach to adaptive maturity models using organizational characteristics

Organizational characteristic

Measurement levels

General

   Number of FTE employed

0–9 employees, 10–49 employees, 50–250 employees

   Amount of annual revenue

0–2 Million, 2–10 Million, 10–50 Million

   Sector the organization participates in

Aerospace and Defense; Agriculture and Foresting; Business Services and Consultancy; Consumer, Media, Leisure, Travel and Entertainment; Finance, Banking and Insurance; Health; IT and Telecom; Industrial Production; Energy, Utilities and Mining; Public, Education and Non-Profit; Transport, Packaging and Logistics

Outsourcing

   % of outsourced development

0–25, 25–50, 50–75, 75–100%

   % of outsourced hosting

0–25, 25–50, 50–75, 75–100%

CIA

   Level of availability required by critical data

Low, medium, high

   Level of confidentiality required by critical data

Low, medium, high

   Level of integrity required by critical data

Low, medium, high

IT Complexity

   FTE in IT

0–1 FTE, 1–2.5 FTE, 2.5–5 FTE, 5–10 FTE,> 10 FTE

   IT expense as a percentage of revenue

<1, 1–2.5, 2.5–5, 5–10, >10%

   Resilience against IT downtime

<10 min, 10 min to 1 h, 1–24 h, >24 h