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CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

PART I CASE STUDY METHODOLOGY

1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 What is a Case Study?

1.2 A Brief History of Case Studies in Software Engineering

1.3 Why a Book on Case Studies of Software Engineering?

2 BACKGROUND AND DEFINITION OF CONCEPTS

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Research Strategies

2.3 Characteristics of Research Strategies

2.3.2 Control and Data

2.3.3 Triangulation

2.3.4 Replication

2.3.5 Inductive and Deductive Enquiries

2.4 What Makes a Good Case Study?

2.5 When is the Case Study Strategy Feasible?

2.6 Case Study Research Process

3 DESIGN OF THE CASE STUDY

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Elements of the Case Study Design

3.2.1 Rationale for the Study

3.2.2 Objective of the Study

3.2.3 Cases and Units of Analyses

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