Using a Protocol Template for Case Study Planning

In order to undertake a series of case studies aimed at investigating systematic literature reviews, we have developed a case study protocol template. This paper introduces the template and discusses our experiences of using the template and the resulting case study protocol. We suggest that using our template to prepare a protocol and using the protocol for case study planning can improve the rigour of software engineering case studies.

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Pearl Brereton

Barbara Kitchenham

David Budgen

Zhi Li

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Publication date: June 2008

Publication date (Print): June 2008

Pages: 1-8

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[0001]School of Computing and Mathematics, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, UK

[0002]Department of Computer Science, Durham University, Durham, Science Laboratories

South Road, Durham City, DH1 3LE, UK.

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/EASE2008.5

SO-VID: 47e2b89a-628d-4975-9908-b943cdc96258

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Conference name: 12th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering (EASE)

Conference acronym: EASE

Conference number: 12

Conference location: University of Bari, Italy

Conference date: 26 - 27 June 2008

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering (EASE)

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Using a Protocol Template for Case Study Planning

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