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Kari Smolander

Professor, Software Engineering at Aalto University School of Business

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  • Aalto University School of Business

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Biography

Aalto University School of Business

My research is about how people and organizations work together to build complex artefacts of software that are the basis of the ongoing digital transformation. Especially I am interested in how development practices are created, adopted, used and how and why they are abandoned. Recently I have been thinking much of how these practices are affected by the massive infrastructures that are running in enterprises and globally in the internet. I believe that this is the key topic that needs to receive more attention from researchers.

BACKGROUND

My previous jobs:

  • Lappeenranta University of Technology, 2001-2003 Project Manager, Professor 2006-, now 20% Professor
  • Saimaa University of Applied Sciences, Senior Lecturer (1997-2006)
  • Tieto Oyj, 1994-1997, Department Manager, Development Manager, Project Manager
  • MetaCase Consulting Oy, Jyväskylä, 1992-1994, co-founder
  • University of Jyväskylä, 1987-1994, Researcher

CURRICULUM VITAE

Education and degrees awarded

Doctor of Philosophy, Computer Science, Lappeenranta University of Technology, 2003.

Licentiate of Economics, Computer Science, University of Jyväskylä, 1993.

Master of Science, Computer Science, University of Jyväskylä, 1988.

Pedagogical Studies, teacher’s certificate (Finnish law 452/96), Jyväskylä Teacher Education College, 2000.

Current position

Full Professor, Software Engineering, Aalto University, 1.1.2016, permanent position, 80%.

Full Professor, Software Engineering, Lappeenranta University of Technology, 1.1.2006, permanent position, 20%.

Previous work experience

Lappeenranta University of Technology, Project Manager (2001-2003), Senior Scientist (11%, 2004-2005), Professor 2006 -

Saimaa University of Applied Sciences, Senior Lecturer, Information Technology (1997-2006)

Tieto Oyj, 1994-1997, Department Manager, Development Manager, Project Manager.

MetaCase Consulting Oy, Jyväskylä, 1992-1994 (http://www.metacase.com/), co-founder, inventor of MetaEdit and responsible for MetaEdit product development and architecture.

University of Jyväskylä, 1987-1994, Researcher, lecturer, assistant.

Leadership in research work

Established software engineering research at Lappeenranta University of Technology.

Leader of the software engineering research group at LUT 2006-2016.

Has supervised 9 doctors as the primary supervisor. Has now 5 active doctoral students.

Administrative responsibilities at higher education institutions or at research organisations

  • Academic unit leader, Innovation and Software, Lappeenranta University of Technology, 2015-2016
  • Head of Doctoral Programme on Software Engineering and Information Technology, Lappeenranta University of Technology, 2010-2016
  • Department Head, Department of Information Technology, Lappeenranta University of Technology, 2011-2012.
  • Vice Dean, Faculty of Technology Management, Lappeenranta University of Technology, 2011-2012, 2014
  • Laboratory Head, Software Engineering Laboratory, Lappeenranta University of Technology, 2007-2012.
  • Merits in teaching and pedagogical competence

  • Involvement in curriculum planning and the implementation of courses

  • Saimaa University of Applied Sciences, responsible for designing and planning software engineering curriculum

  • Lappeenranta University of Technology, responsible of software engineering major, 2007-2012

  • Lappeenranta University of Technology, Head of Information Technology Program, 2012-2014

  • Supervision of theses: >100 master theses supervised, >50 bachelor theses supervised

Awards, prizes and honours

Best paper award, European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), 2005.

Best paper award, Testing: Academic & Industrial Conference, Practice and Research Techniques, 2011.

Best paper award, European, Mediterranean and Middle-Eastern Conference on Information Systems (EMCIS), 2014.

Other academic merits

Has served as a pre-examiner or an opponent in a doctoral dissertation 11 times (Finland, Sweden, Norway, Australia)

Publication merits:

135 scientific peer-reviewed publications

Peer-reviewed scientific articles

Journal article-refereed, Original research

Lack of Communication and Collaboration in Enterprise Architecture Development

Banaeianjahromi, Negin; Smolander, Kari
2017 in INFORMATION SYSTEMS FRONTIERS (Springer Netherlands)
ISSN: 1387-3326

Defining an iterative ISO/IEC 29110 deployment package for game developers

Kasurinen, Jussi; Smolander, Kari
2017 in International Journal of Information Technologies and Systems Approach (IGI GLOBAL)
ISSN: 1935-570X

Lack of integration governance in ERP development a case study on causes and effects

Kähkönen, Tommi; Smolander, Kari; Maglyas, Andrey
2017 in ENTERPRISE INFORMATION SYSTEMS (Taylor and Francis Ltd.)
ISSN: 1751-7575

Explaining the challenges in ERP development networks with triggers, root causes, and consequences

Kähkönen, Tommi; Alanne, Aki; Pekkola, Samuli; Smolander, Kari
2017 in Communications of the Association for Information Systems (Association for Information Systems)
ISSN: 1529-3181

Core software product management activities

Maglyas, Andrey; Nikula, Uolevi; Smolander, Kari; Fricker, Samuel
2017 in JOURNAL OF ADVANCES IN MANAGEMENT RESEARCH (Association for Information Systems)
ISSN: 0972-7981

Anatomy of one service-oriented architecture implementation and reasons behind low service reuse

Alkkiomäki, Ville; Smolander, Kari
2016 in SERVICE ORIENTED COMPUTING AND APPLICATIONS (Springer London)
ISSN: 1863-2386

What do we know about the role of enterprise architecture in enterprise integration? A systematic mapping study

Banaeianjahromi, Negin; Smolander, Kari
2016 in JOURNAL OF ENTERPRISE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT (Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.)
ISSN: 1741-0398

A theory of distances in software engineering

Bjarnason, Elizabeth; Smolander, Kari; Engström, Emelie; Runeson, Per
2016 in INFORMATION AND SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY (Elsevier)
ISSN: 0950-5849

An investigation of factors leading to the reluctance of SaaS ERP adoption in Namibian SMEs

Hasheela, Victoria; Smolander, Kari; Mufeti, Tulimevava
2016 in The African Journal of Information Systems (Elsevier)
ISSN: 1936-0282

Adoption and use of cloud-based testing in practice

Riungu-Kalliosaari, Leah; Taipale, Ossi; Smolander, Kari; Richardson, Ita
2016 in SOFTWARE QUALITY JOURNAL (Springer New York)
ISSN: 0963-9314

Where Is Current Research on Blockchain Technology? - A Systematic Review

Yli-Huumo, Jesse; Ko, Deokoon; Choi, Sujin; Park, Sooyong; Smolander, Kari
2016 in PLOS ONE (PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE)
ISSN: 1932-6203

How do software development teams manage technical debt? – An empirical study

Yli-Huumo, Jesse; Maglyas, Andrey; Smolander, Kari
2016 in JOURNAL OF SYSTEMS AND SOFTWARE (ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC)
ISSN: 0164-1212

Exploring the Perceived End-Product Quality in Software-Developing Organizations

Kasurinen, Jussi; Taipale, Ossi; Vanhanen, Jari; Smolander, Kari
2012 in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFORMATION SYSTEM MODELING AND DESIGN (IGI Publishing)
ISSN: 1947-8186

Software Architectures: Blueprint, Literature, Language Or Decision?

Smolander, K.; Rossi, M.; Purao, S.
2008 in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS (Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.)
ISSN: 0960-085X

Conflicts, Compromises and Political Decisions: Methodological Challenges of Enterprise-Wide E-Business Architecture

Smolander, K.; Rossi, M.
2007 in JOURNAL OF DATABASE MANAGEMENT (IGI Publishing)
ISSN: 1063-8016

Understanding Requirements through Filtering, Negotiating and Shifting

Ovaska, P.; Rossi, M.; Smolander, K.
2006 in Journal of Universal Knowledge Management (IGI Publishing)
ISSN: 1991-0959

Filtering, negotiating and shifting in the understanding of information system requirements

Ovaska, P.; Rossi, M.; Smolander, K.
2005 in SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS (Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Institute of Electronic Systems, University of Aalborg)
ISSN: 0905-0167

Book section, Chapters in research books

The Effects of Software Process Evolution to Technical Debt - Perceptions from Three Large Software Projects

Yli-Huumo, Jesse; Maglyas, Andrey; Smolander, Kari
2016
ISBN: 978-3-319-31543-0

Conference proceedings

Challenges in Transitioning to an Agile Way of Working

Hekkala, Riitta; Stein, Mari-Klara; Rossi, Matti; Smolander, Kari
2017
ISBN: 9780998133102

Outlining a Process to Manage the Complexity of Enterprise Systems Integration

Kähkönen, Tommi; Smolander, Kari
2017
ISBN: 978-989-758-249-3

Infrastructures, Integration and Architecting during and after Digital Transformation

Smolander, Kari; Rossi, Matti; Pekkola, Samuli
2017
ISBN: 978-1-5386-2799-0

Changes and challenges of technical debt and its management during ongoing digital transformation

Yli-Huumo, Jesse; Smolander, Kari
2017
ISBN: 9781450352642

Integration Obstacles During ERP Development

Banaeianjahromi, Negin; Kähkönen, Tommi; Alanne, Aki; Smolander, Kari
2016
ISBN: 978-0-7695-5670-3
ISSN: 1530-1605

Gamification of Software Testing - An MLR

Mäntylä, Mika; Smolander, Kari
2016 in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Springer International Publishing)
ISBN: 978-3-319-49093-9
ISSN: 0302-9743

Collaboration change in enterprise software development

Smolander, Kari; Rossi, Matti; Pekkola, Samuli
2016
ISBN: 978-1-4503-4155-4

Developing Processes to Increase Technical Debt Visibility and Manageability – An Action Research Study in Industry

Yli-Huumo, Jesse; Maglyas, Andrey; Smolander, Kari; Haller, Johan; Törnroos, Hannu
2016 in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Springer International Publishing)
ISBN: 978-3-319-49093-9
ISSN: 0302-9743

The relationship between business model experimentation and technical debt

Yli-Huumo, Jesse; Rissanen, Tommi; Maglyas, Andrey; Smolander, Kari; Sainio, Liisa Maija
2015 in Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing (Springer-Verlag)
ISBN: 9783319195926
ISSN: 1865-1348

The benefits and consequences of workarounds in software development projects

Yli-Huumo, Jesse; Maglyas, Andrey; Smolander, Kari
2015 in Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing (Springer-Verlag)
ISBN: 9783319195926
ISSN: 1865-1348

The sources and approaches to management of technical debt A case study of two product lines in a middle-size Finnish software company

Yli-Huumo, Jesse; Maglyas, Andrey; Smolander, Kari
2014 in Lecture notes in Computer Science (SPRINGER)
ISBN: 978-3-319-13834-3
ISSN: 0302-9743

Software Development Methods and Quality Assurance Special Focus on South Korea

Yli-Huumo, Jesse; Taipale, Ossi; Smolander, Kari
2014 in Communications in Computer and Information Science (Springer-Verlag)
ISBN: 9783662438954
ISSN: 1865-0929

Going beyond the blueprint: Untravelling the complex reality of software architectures

Smolander, K.; Rossi, M.; Purao, S.
2005

Non-refereed scientific articles

Unrefereed journal articles

Preface to the special section on software business

Smolander, Kari; Lassenius, Casper; Rossi, Matti
2016 in JOURNAL OF SYSTEMS AND SOFTWARE (ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC)
ISSN: 0164-1212

Scientific books (monographs)

Book (editor)

Software business Towards continuous value delivery: 5th International Conference, ICSOB 2014 Paphos, Cyprus, June 16-18, 2014 Proceedings

Lassenius, Casper; Smolander, Kari
2014 in Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing (Springer-Verlag)
ISBN: 9783319087375
ISSN: 1865-1348

Publications intended for professional communities

Article in professional conference proceedings

Understanding obstacles in enterprise architecture development

Banaeianjahromi, Negin; Smolander, Kari
2016

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