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idea of the “average” situation that is typical in your company. Your case
study involves completing a project using the new inspection technique,
and then comparing the results with the baseline. In some cases, you may
be able to select from the organizational database a subset of projects
that is similar to the one using the new inspection technique; again, the
subset adds a degree of control to your study, giving you more condence
that any dierences in result are caused by the dierence in inspection
technique.
4.3.3 Partitioned Project
Sometimes, it is possible to partition a single project into parts ...