Book description
Based on their own experiences of in-depth case studies of software projects in international corporations, in this book the authors present detailed practical guidelines on the preparation, conduct, design and reporting of case studies of software engineering. This is the first software engineering specific book on the case study research method.
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- CONTENTS
- FOREWORD
- PREFACE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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PART I: CASE STUDY METHODOLOGY
- Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION
- Chapter 2: BACKGROUND AND DEFINITION OF CONCEPTS
- Chapter 3: DESIGN OF THE CASE STUDY
- Chapter 4: DATA COLLECTION
- Chapter 5: DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION
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Chapter 6: REPORTING AND DISSEMINATION
- 6.1 INTRODUCTION
- 6.2 WHY REPORT AND DISSEMINATE
- 6.3 THE AUDIENCE FOR THE REPORT
- 6.4 ASPECTS OF THE CASE STUDY TO REPORT AND DISSEMINATE
- 6.5 WHEN TO REPORT AND DISSEMINATE
- 6.6 GUIDELINES ON REPORTING
- 6.7 FORMATS AND STRUCTURES FOR A REPORT
- 6.8 WHERE TO REPORT
- 6.9 ETHICS AND CONFIDENTIALITY
- 6.10 CONCLUSION
- Chapter 7: SCALING UP CASE STUDY RESEARCH TO REAL-WORLD SOFTWARE PRACTICE
- Chapter 8: USING CASE STUDY RESEARCH
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PART II: EXAMPLES OF CASE STUDIES
- Chapter 9: INTRODUCTION TO CASE STUDY EXAMPLES
- Chapter 10: CASE STUDY OF EXTREME PROGRAMMING IN A STAGE–GATE CONTEXT
- Chapter 11: TWO LONGITUDINAL CASE STUDIES OF SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
- Chapter 12: AN ITERATIVE CASE STUDY OF QUALITY MONITORING
- Chapter 13: A CASE STUDY OF THE EVALUATION OF REQUIREMENTS MANAGEMENT TOOLS
- Chapter 14: A LARGE-SCALE CASE STUDY OF REQUIREMENTS AND VERIFICATION ALIGNMENT
- EPILOGUE
- APPENDIX A: CHECKLISTS FOR READING AND REVIEWING CASE STUDIES
- APPENDIX B: EXAMPLE INTERVIEW INSTRUMENT (XP)
- APPENDIX C: EXAMPLE INTERVIEW INSTRUMENT (REVV)
- APPENDIX D: EXAMPLE OF A CODING GUIDE
- APPENDIX E: EXAMPLE OF A CONSENT INFORMATION LETTER
- REFERENCES
- Index
Product information
- Title: Case Study Research in Software Engineering: Guidelines and Examples
- Author(s):
- Release date: April 2012
- Publisher(s): Wiley
- ISBN: 9781118104354
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