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- Toikka, Tarja, et al.
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Design thinking as practical approach for boundary objects creation among non-designer engineers in idea generation
- 2013
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In: Crafting the Future, 10th Conference of the European Academy of Design.
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Designers’ creativity is nowadays targeted towards creating opportunities for creative collaboration among different people. We introduce design methods as a mediating process and the produced artefact as a boundary object between different stakeholders. This paper seeks the answer to the explorative qualitative research question: how to help non-designers make sense of design methods applied in their own context? We suggest that design thinking is a way to make the boundary object concept tangible. The data has been collected from workshop observations and survey questionnaires among non-designer engineers from industry. The research was conducted between 2009-2010. This paper is multi-disciplinary, based on studies in innovation management, knowledge management and utilization of design processes in industrial management. The concepts of the boundary object is introduced in the conceptual part of the paper. Even though design is widely seen as an integrative discipline it is still searching for its autonomy as an academic discipline. The ability of design to communicate with established disciplines such as economics or engineering on an equal basis remains challenging. This paper combines design practice with more familiar theories for managers, those of innovation management and organizational learning. We suggest collaborative processes based on design thinking methods to make the boundary object concept more tangible. The value that design may provide is that people should be able to benefit from more efficient use of their tacit and embodied knowledge in contexts where this kind of knowledge is not often recognized.
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- Vartiainen, Tero, et al.
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Replacement of project manager during IT projects : A research agenda
- 2012
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In: 18th Americas conference on information systems 2012. - Red Hook : Curran Associates, Inc.. - 9781622768271 ; , s. 2292-2299
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Replacing the project manager (RPM) during IT project is a known phenomenon, but surprisingly, few studies have investigated the issue. To improve understanding of the situation in the IT field, we propose a research agenda that aims to provide IT professionals the means to sustainably manage RPM in IT projects. The research agenda is structured in line with the goals of theories in Gregor's taxonomy of IS theories, and with the agenda, substantive theories on RPM in IT projects are to be developed. There are four major research questions: i) How is RPM in IT projects experienced? ii) When RPM occurs in IT projects, what happens and why, and how does it affect stakeholders? iii) How can RPM in IT projects be predicted? iv) How to manage RPM in IT projects? The research agenda is discussed and evaluated.
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- Vartiainen, Tero, et al.
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Replacement of the Project Manager Reflected Through Activity Theory and Work–System Theory
- 2011
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In: Information Systems Development. - New York : Springer. - 9781441972057 - 9781441973559 ; , s. 111-121
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Book chapter (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Replacement of the project manager (RPM) is a known phenomenon in information systems (IS) projects, but scant attention is given to it in the project management or IS literature. Given its critical effects on the project business, the organization, the project team, and the project manager, it should be studied in more depth. We identified factors which make RPM occurrences inherently different and we show that work-system theory and activity theory give comprehensive lenses to advance research on RPM. For the future research on RPM we identified three objectives: experiences on RPM, process model for RPM, and organizational culture’s influence on RPM occurrences.
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- Vartiainen, Tero, et al.
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Replacing project manager : reasons of replacement interpreted through the activity theory
- 2010
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In: PACIS 2010. ; , s. 1828-1835
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- In this study the reasons for replacing a project manager (RPM) during an ongoing IT project are classified. We give an interpretation on a project through the lens of Activity Theory (AT) and examine the tensions leading to RPM through the principle of contradiction in AT. We interviewed four experienced supervisors of three large project-based companies in the IT field, reviewed a previous study on RPM, and used the concept of contradiction to interpret the types of RPM. We found six types of reasons for RPM (e.g., the project manager has not achieved the defined objectives) and underlying the contradictions we identified interests of the client, the company and project manager which all affect to the emergence of RPM. Our results entail implications for research and practice on RPM.
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- Viri, Riku, et al.
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Connected and Multimodal Passenger Transport Through Big Data Analytics : Case Tampere City Region, Finland
- 2019
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In: Collaborative Networks and Digital Transformation. - Cham : Springer. - 9783030284640 - 9783030284633 ; , s. 527-538
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Passenger transport is becoming more and more connected and multimodal. Instead of just taking a series of vehicles to complete a journey, the passenger is actually interacting with a connected cyber-physical social (CPS) transport system. In this study, we present a case study where big data from various sources is combined and analyzed to support and enhance the transport system in the Tampere region. Different types of static and real-time data sources and transportation related APIs are investigated. The goal is to find ways in which big data and collaborative networks can be used to improve the CPS transport system itself and the passenger satisfaction related to it. The study shows that even though the exploitation of big data does not directly improve the state of the physical transport infrastructure, it helps in utilizing more of its capacity. Secondly, the use of big data makes it more attractive to passengers.
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