Phenomenology

I am finding the more I look at the examples of the various approaches to Qualitative Research. the more I am understanding some of the various formats and flexibility within such areas as Lit Review, methods, and modelling from prior frameworks.....As Anderson and Spencer do here (on pg 269), one can look carefully at a prior models from the approach methodology (in this case they choose Merlau-Ponty, Streubert and Carpenter, and Colaizzi), and attempt to design one's study similarly, esp. when one, such as myself, is trying to create a project like this for the first time. While I obviously anticipate that my own thesis project (Grounded Theory) will entail much more writing than the Phenomenological Approach given here, though obviously not always the case, there is obvious room for expansion a phenomenologically-approached qualitative to be more elaborate, compendious, or intricate, depending on the phenomenon, design, or methods of data collection and analysis.
As compared to a case study, this approach looks at varying examples of the same phenomenon.
A case study examines a particular case from as many angles as possible. If we were to do a phenomenological study examining modern terrorist attacks on US property, we would examine the US Cole incident, the underground bombings in NYC, the Oklahoma City bombings, the African Embassy Bombings, as well the WTC 9/11 attacks. A case study would focus on one of these and look at not only unique time-related data, but would also need to place one of these incidents in context of all the others before and after.
As compared to the Grounded theory, there is analysis of all the data in the phenomenological approach without necessarily drawing or testing a new theoretical framework or explanation. In the example here (starting on page 271), rather than a "theory" the authors evolve "themes" from the coded data which stand as testimony to the input analysis.