M. Sc. (Eng)
Researcher and Teacher
Helsinki University of Technology
Software Business and
Engineering Institute
(SoberIT)
firstname.lastname@tkk.fi
+358 50 577 1688
I work as a researcher and teacher in the Software Process Research
Group (SPRG) at SoberIT. My main
interest is software testing and quality assurance in the modern
iterative and incremental development processes.
I'm currently focusing into intelligent manual testing and exploratory testing in my research as part of the ESPA research project. The ESPA research project helps organizations choose the most suitable software quality practices in different contexts and thereby optimize quality assurance costs and benefits. ESPA builds on the research and experiences of the earlier SHAPE and SEMS research projects.
A fascinating open source project is the Agilefant.org project. Agilefant is a next-generation tool for managing agile software development. Agilefant.org has been developed since 2004 by several excellent student groups.
Itkonen, J., M. V. Mäntylä and C. Lassenius. "Defect Detection Efficiency: Test Case Based vs. Exploratory Testing", in proceedings of the International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement, pp. 61-70, 2007. (pdf)
Itkonen, J. and K. Rautiainen. "Exploratory
Testing: A Multiple Case Study", in Proceedings of the International Symposium
on Empirical Software Engineering (ISESE 2005), pp. 84-93,
2005. (pdf)
Itkonen, J., K. Rautiainen and C. Lassenius. "Toward an Understanding of Quality
Assurance
in
Agile Software Development", in International Journal of Agile
Manufacturing, vol. 8(2), pp. 39-49, 2005.
Itkonen, J., K. Rautiainen and C. Lassenius. "Towards Understanding Quality Assurance in
Agile Software Development", in Proceedings of the International
Conference on Agility, pp. 201-207, 2005. (pdf)
Itkonen, J. "Quality Assurance",
chapter in Pacing Software Product
Development: A Framework and Practical Implementation Guidelines.
eds. Rautiainen, K., and C. Lassenius. Helsinki University of
Technology Software Business and Engineering Institute Technical
Reports 3, pp. 77-106. Helsinki, 2004.
Vanhanen, J., J. Itkonen and P. Sulonen. "Improving the Interface
Between Business and Product Development Using Agile Practices and the
Cycles of Control Framework", in
Proceedings of Agile Software Development Conference, 2003. (pdf)
Pyhäjärvi, M., K. Rautiainen and J. Itkonen. "Increasing
Understanding of the Modern Testing Perspective in Software Product
Development Projects", in
Proceedings of HICSS-36, 2003.
Itkonen J. "Tutkimuksen ja käytännön välisen kuilun partaalla - Mitä
oikeastaan tiedämme testauksesta tutkimustiedon perusteella?",
Systeemityö, vol 13(4), pp. 12-15, 2006.
On my leisure time I enjoy scuba diving in murky and exciting
Finnish waters as well as in clear-blue waters and breath-taking coral
reefs around the world. You can find some of the best shots of these underwater
experiences on our underwater photo pages and Flickr.
I also like other sports like cross-country skiing, in-line skating,
and kayaking - although my approach to sports is more enjoying the
nature than striving for competition or results.
Office Hours on request.