1. Been still there, done doing that - working over boundaries -
Been still there, done doing that - working over boundaries -
Teemu Lappi
FACULTY OF TECHNOLOGY / Industrial Engineering and Management / Teemu Lappi

2. Level 3 (Univ researcher / lecturer & Tenure track)
A doctor – why & HOW?
Public sector
Public institu-tions
NPO
Industry
Entre-preneur-ship
Inter- national academic community OY
IEM
Other Finnish Univ / colleges
Univ Hospitals
Research institutions
Taso 4 (Professor)
Level 3 (Univ researcher / lecturer & Tenure track)
BOUNDARIES?
Level 2 (Post-doc)
Level 1 (Doctoral student  PhD)
Year 4
Requirements
Studies (ECTS)
Teaching experience
Publications (journals)
Other research / project management
(Trustee/academic) positions
Networking
Recommendations
Experience (work, intl)
Specific skills
Year 3
”CONSULTANT”
”MANAGER”
”RESEARCHER”
”ADMIN”
”LECTURER”
”PROFESSOR”
Year 2
Year 1
FACULTY OF TECHNOLOGY / Industrial Engineering and Management / Teemu Lappi

3. A doctor – who? Personal preferences, competences & restrictions
Family, single…”What can & will I do when I grow up?”
Previous education
MSc (eng), MSc (other)
Already one+ PhD
Other (MBA etc)
Work
Previous work experience
Working while studying vs. full time doctoral student (€€€)
”Mr A”
MSc (Eng)
No work experience
Full-time DocStud
Anything goes
”Ms B”
MSc (Econ)
8 y in specialist roles
Part-time leave
Research aims
”Dr C”
PhD
15 y in CxO
Doctoral student, but with own company
Constultancy aims
BOUNDARIES?
BOUNDARIES?
FACULTY OF TECHNOLOGY / Industrial Engineering and Management / Teemu Lappi

4. Me-myself-I MSc (Eng) Uni Oulu 2004, started post-grad 2004
Working in industry since 2002 (Nokia, PKC, CCC/Nortal)
Various specialist/mgmt positions  ”IEM wet dream”
Married w/2 kids (+ dog…+house & potato yard...+SUV)
 ”I want to do something completely different”  DOC STUDENT 09/2015
Academic professional
”Contribution”
Competence (€)
”Investment”
BOUNDARIES?
academic
NOW!
”Theory”
professional
”Practice”
Time (career lifecycle) 40
FACULTY OF TECHNOLOGY / Industrial Engineering and Management / Teemu Lappi

5. Getting started ”Kill the manager” Academic peculiarities
Accept being a rookie
Adjust the pace & focus
…but use what you got
Academic peculiarities
Learn the basics (Finding information etc)
Empower the seniors
FACULTY OF TECHNOLOGY / Industrial Engineering and Management / Teemu Lappi

6. My research
End users
”Whose demands will be included in the scope?”
End users
End users
”How should the supplier impact the scope and scale of the tender? What can & should be done (latest technology etc)
”How to ensure end-user support through the lifecycle?
Project ”owner” 2-n (public organization)
Project
(Alliance, Agile, Governance…)
”Who actually owns this project?”
Project owner aka. Customer (public organization)
Project-based firm aka. Supplier (private company)
”What is the value and targets of this project?”
”How should the project be organized and governed?”
”How will the project result impact integrated services and the providers?”
Service provider (public / private)
Research problem: How should a public ICT project (owner) apply project and stakeholder governance in complex (Agile) ICT projects to influence success?
FACULTY OF TECHNOLOGY / Industrial Engineering and Management / Teemu Lappi

7. Dissertation and defence
Going strong…
Post-graduate studies
Theory
Empirical data
APD
Case studies
Project business
ICT
Mgmt
Psychology
ScAIEM2015
Conf X
Conf Y
Conf Z
2015
2018
Article 1
RQ1: current state analysis
Unit of analysis = organization
Method: case
Dissertation and defence
Article 2
RQ2: issues and obstacles
Unit of analysis = Project
Method: Empirical
Article 3
RQ3: Early phase framework
Unit of analysis = Organization
Method: constructive
Article 4
RQ4: Governance model for lifecycle
Unit of analysis = project
Method: constructive
FACULTY OF TECHNOLOGY / Industrial Engineering and Management / Teemu Lappi

8. Remember…
FACULTY OF TECHNOLOGY / Industrial Engineering and Management / Teemu Lappi