How to generalize an information technology case study

Authors:
Rúben Pereira;Rafael Almeida;Miguel Mira da Silva
Affiliations:
Department of Computer Science, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal;Department of Computer Science, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal;Department of Computer Science, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal
Venue:
DESRIST'13 Proceedings of the 8th international conference on Design Science at the Intersection of Physical and Virtual Design
Year:
2013

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Abstract

Case studies are a valuable way to look at the world around us and have been gaining special importance in the last years in the information technology area. However, some problems, as for example the lack of rigor or the dependency of a single case exploration, preclude case study generalization. Therefore, we propose to perform an extensive literature review about case study methodology, specifically in information technology domain, in order to leverage critical information about organizations, which should be present in all information technology case studies to enable their generalization and pattern matching. We end our research with limitations, contributions and future work.