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Overview

Maria Paasivaara is affiliated with Lappeenranta University of Technology in Finland. Their research primarily focuses on software engineering, particularly in the context of agile software development and its organizational and technical aspects.

Their recent publications include the following notable papers:

  • Finding the sweet spot for organizational control and team autonomy in large-scale agile software development, 2021, Empirical Software Engineering
  • Revealing the state of the art of large-scale agile development research: A systematic mapping study, 2022, Journal of Systems and Software
  • The journey to technical excellence in agile software development, 2022, Information and Software Technology
  • How Do Agile Practitioners Interpret and Foster "Technical Excellence"?, 2021, Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering
  • Theories in Agile Software Development: Past, Present, and Future Introduction to the XP 2020 Special Section, 2022, Information and Software Technology

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Abheeshta Putta
  • Casper Lassenius
  • Ömer Uludağ
  • Florian Matthes
  • Viktoria Stray

Maria Paasivaara has published multiple works in respected venues, with recurring contributions in:

  • Empirical Software Engineering
  • Information and Software Technology
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Systems and Software

They have also contributed to book publications through Springer Science+Business Media, including:

  • Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming, 2020
  • Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming, 2022
  • Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming - Workshops, 2025

The main fields of study for their research span:

  • Computer Science
  • Business, Management and Accounting

Within these fields, their work covers several subfields such as:

  • Information Systems
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Management of Technology and Innovation
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Management Information Systems

The research topics most frequently addressed include:

  • Software Engineering Techniques and Practices
  • Software Engineering Research
  • Software System Performance and Reliability
  • Collaboration in agile enterprises
  • Systems Engineering Methodologies and Applications
  • Information Technology Governance and Strategy
  • Information Systems Theories and Implementation

Best Publications

  • Challenges and success factors for large-scale agile transformations

    Kim Dikert;Maria Paasivaara;Casper Lassenius

  • Using Scrum in Distributed Agile Development: A Multiple Case Study

    Maria Paasivaara;Sandra Durasiewicz;Casper Lassenius

  • Communities of practice in a large distributed agile software development organization – Case Ericsson

    Maria Paasivaara;Casper Lassenius

  • Large-scale agile transformation at Ericsson: a case study

    Maria Paasivaara;Benjamin Behm;Casper Lassenius;Minna Hallikainen

  • Collaboration Practices in Global Inter-organizational Software Development Projects

    Maria Paasivaara;Casper Lassenius

  • Scaling Agile

    Christof Ebert;Maria Paasivaara

  • Distributed Agile Development: Using Scrum in a Large Project

    M. Paasivaara;S. Durasiewicz;C. Lassenius

  • Finding Collaborative Innovation Networks Through Correlating Performance with Social Network Structure

    Peter Gloor;Maria Paasivaara;Detlef Schoder;Paul Willems

  • Inter-team coordination in large-scale globally distributed scrum: do scrum-of-scrums really work?

    Maria Paasivaara;Casper Lassenius;Ville T. Heikkilä

  • Could Global Software Development Benefit from Agile Methods

    Maria Paasivaara;Casper Lassenius

  • A Mapping Study on Requirements Engineering in Agile Software Development

    Ville T. Heikkila;Daniela Damian;Casper Lassenius;Maria Paasivaara

  • Adopting SAFe to scale agile in a globally distributed organization

    Maria Paasivaara

  • Using scrum in a globally distributed project: a case study

    Maria Paasivaara;Sandra Durasiewicz;Casper Lassenius

  • Using scrum in a globally distributed project: a case study

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  • Teaching students scrum using LEGO blocks

    Maria Paasivaara;Ville Heikkilä;Casper Lassenius;Towo Toivola

  • Managing the requirements flow from strategy to release in large-scale agile development: a case study at Ericsson

    Ville T. Heikkilä;Maria Paasivaara;Casper Lasssenius;Daniela Damian

  • Operational release planning in large-scale Scrum with multiple stakeholders – A longitudinal case study at F-Secure Corporation

    Ville T. Heikkilä;Maria Paasivaara;Kristian Rautiainen;Casper Lassenius

  • Teaching students global software engineering skills using distributed scrum

    Maria Paasivaara;Casper Lassenius;Daniela Damian;Petteri Raty

  • Scaling Scrum in a Large Globally Distributed Organization: A Case Study

    Maria Paasivaara;Casper Lassenius

  • Benefits and challenges of adopting the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe): Preliminary results from a multivocal literature review

    Abheeshta Putta;Maria Paasivaara;Casper Lassenius

  • Scaling Scrum in a Large Distributed Project

    Maria Paasivaara;Casper Lassenius

  • Finding the sweet spot for organizational control and team autonomy in large-scale agile software development

    Nils Brede Moe;Nils Brede Moe;Darja Šmite;Darja Šmite;Maria Paasivaara;Maria Paasivaara;Casper Lassenius

  • Challenges and Success Factors for Large-scale Agile Transformations: A Research Proposal and a Pilot Study

    Maria Paasivaara;Casper Lassenius

Frequent Co-Authors

Casper Lassenius
Casper Lassenius Aalto University
Daniela Damian
Daniela Damian University of Victoria
Florian Matthes
Florian Matthes Technical University of Munich
Philippe Kruchten
Philippe Kruchten University of British Columbia
Jürgen Münch
Jürgen Münch Reutlingen University
Jeffrey C. Carver
Jeffrey C. Carver University of Alabama

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