8CASE STUDY RESEARCH IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Rodney Turner
Introduction
Case study research is one of the most challenging social science research approaches. It is sometimes described as a research strategy rather than a research method. The reason is that a case study can be an umbrella for a multi-methods approach. In conducting a case study, many different research methods can be used within the case study, using a wide range of data sources. We discuss later the range of data sources that can be used and the different ways they can be used. A case study is an empirical enquiry that investigates a contemporary phenomenon in its real-life context, especially when the boundaries between the phenomenon and its ...
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