Title :
Case studies for method and tool evaluation
Author :
Kitchenham, Barbara ; Pickard, Lesley ; Pfleeger, Shari Lawrence
Author_Institution :
Nat. Comput. Centre Ltd., Manchester, UK
fDate :
7/1/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
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
Keywords :
software development management; software performance evaluation; software tools; case studies; cost-effective; industry; process changes; software development method evaluation; software tool evaluation; Art; Computer aided software engineering; Computer industry; Design for experiments; Explosives; Organizing; Software engineering; Software maintenance; Software quality; Software tools;
Journal_Title :
Software, IEEE
