Case studies help industry evaluate the benefits of methods and tools and provide a cost-effective way to ensure that process changes provide the desired results. However, unlike formal experiments and surveys, case studies do not have a well-understood theoretical basis. This article provides guidelines for organizing and analyzing case studies so that they produce meaningful results.
%0 Journal Article
%1 kitchenham95
%A Kitchenham, B.
%A Pickard, L.
%A Pfleeger, S.L.
%D 1995
%J IEEE Software
%K case-study empirical evaluation
%N 4
%P 52 -- 62
%T Case studies for method and tool evaluation
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%V 12
%X Case studies help industry evaluate the benefits of methods and tools and provide a cost-effective way to ensure that process changes provide the desired results. However, unlike formal experiments and surveys, case studies do not have a well-understood theoretical basis. This article provides guidelines for organizing and analyzing case studies so that they produce meaningful results.
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timestamp = {2007-06-04T00:47:52.000+0200},
title = {Case studies for method and tool evaluation},
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volume = 12,
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