USE OF CASE STUDY METHOD IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT RESEARCH

Among the research methods, the Case Study is one of the most popular. However, sometimes surveys based on this method are criticized on how to apply it. In addition, there is a shortage of studies that analyze the use of the Case Study method in the scientific field of project management. Therefore, there is a need to increase knowledge about the application of this method in this area. Thus, the purpose of this article is to describe how the Case Study method is being applied to the field of project management. For this, we selected 40 project management articles from national and international journals published in the last seven years (2011 - 2017), which adopted the mentioned technique as a research method. Regarding the approach, this work is qualitative, the articles selected were examined under the descriptive nature and their analysis was guided by Content Analysis. The research provided information to guide the conduction of research with Case Studies in the field of project management, presenting the differences between national and international studies.