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Maria Paasivaara

    • Aalto SCI Computer Science Konemiehentie 2

    2000 …2026

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    Education/Academic qualification

    Doctoral degree, Engineering and Technology

    Award Date: 28 Nov 2005

    Bachelor's degree, Business and Economics

    Award Date: 13 May 2005

    Licentiate degree, Engineering and Technology

    Award Date: 5 Sept 2001

    Master's degree, Engineering and Technology

    Award Date: 10 Dec 1998

    Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

    In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

    1. SDG 4 - Quality Education
      SDG 4 Quality Education
    2. SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
      SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
    3. SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
      SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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    • Decision-Making and Team Autonomy in Large-Scale Agile Software Development: An Analysis of Scaling Frameworks

      Rocha, L., Mendes, F., Paasivaara, M. & Lassenius, C., 2026, Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming - 27th International Conference on Agile Software Development, XP 2026, Proceedings. Goldman, A., Marczak, S., Tonin, G. S., Bassi, D., Silva da Silva, T., Schön, E.-M., Neumann, M. & Pinna, A. (eds.). Springer, p. 39-55 17 p. (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing; vol. 578 LNBIP).

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference article in proceedings › Scientific › peer-review

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    • SAFe transformation in a large financial corporation

      Putta, A., Paasivaara, M. & Lassenius, C., Feb 2024, In: Empirical Software Engineering. 29, 1, 27.

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

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      7 Citations (Scopus)
      155 Downloads (Pure)

    • Experienced Challenges of Adopting Agile Scaling Frameworks

      Safonova, I., Paasivaara, M., Lassenius, C., Uludag, Ö. & Putta, A., 2023, 2023 ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM). IEEE, 10 p.

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference article in proceedings › Scientific › peer-review

      1 Citation (Scopus)

    • Revealing the state of the art of large-scale agile development research: A systematic mapping study

      Uludağ, Ö., Philipp, P., Putta, A., Paasivaara, M., Lassenius, C. & Matthes, F., Dec 2022, In: Journal of Systems and Software. 194, p. 1-43 43 p., 111473.

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

      Open Access
      51 Citations (Scopus)

    • The journey to technical excellence in agile software development

      Alami, A., Krancher, O. & Paasivaara, M., Oct 2022, In: Information and Software Technology. 150, p. 1-14 14 p., 106959.

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

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      28 Citations (Scopus)
      246 Downloads (Pure)
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    • Kela 3/Lassenius

      Lassenius, C. (Principal investigator) & Paasivaara, M. (Project Member)

      01/01/2019 → 30/06/2019

      Project: Other external funding: Other public funding

    • KELA 2/Lassenius

      Lassenius, C. (Principal investigator) & Paasivaara, M. (Project Member)

      01/02/2018 → 31/12/2018

      Project: Other external funding: Other public funding

    • Agile methods in large-scale public lT projects

      Lassenius, C. (Principal investigator) & Paasivaara, M. (Project Member)

      01/08/2017 → 31/05/2018

      Project: Other external funding: Other public funding

    • N4S: Need for Speed

      Lassenius, C. (Principal investigator), Heikkilä, V. (Project Member), Paasivaara, M. (Project Member), Isotalo, V. (Project Member), Itkonen, J. (Project Member), Laukkanen, E. (Project Member), Lehtinen, T. (Project Member), Behm, B. (Project Member) & Dikert, K.-K. (Project Member)

      01/01/2014 → 31/12/2017

      Project: Business Finland: Strategic centres for science, technology and innovation (SHOK)

    • U-QASAR/RTD

      Lassenius, C. (Principal investigator), Paasivaara, M. (Project Member), Vanhanen, J. (Project Member), Lehtinen, T. (Project Member), Mäntylä, M. (Project Member) & Itkonen, J. (Project Member)

      01/10/2012 → 30/09/2015

      Project: EU: Framework programmes funding

    • 4 Hosting an academic visitor
    • 2 Visiting an external academic institution
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