SPM SUMMIT INDIA- ACADEMIC TRACK 2021

We welcomed papers and case studies on the special theme of this year’s SPM Summit India 2021 - “The Product Management Renaissance: 2021 & Beyond".

While the pandemic has wrought havoc around the planet, we have also been witnessing software-powered IT products transform the way we function, and upset some commonly held notions. In services sectors such as education and healthcare, teleconferencing was once regarded as a poor alternative: it now plays a pivotal rule. Work from home (WFH) was famously contested as an acceptable mode, with allegations of reduced productivity. Companies now have to weigh the WFH proposition and create the necessary infrastructure to sustain their operations. On the product development end, open source communities always flourished as individuals working from home and contributing to serious feature development: this has become the reality of every software project.

Here were some suggested threads of interest that aligned with the current backdrop:

New product ideation approaches

Changes to agile ceremonies (Daily stand-ups, sprint review, planning game)
Customer feedback in the absence of an in situ visit
Client acceptance of technology-enabled processes
Improvement or degradation in routine practices and metrics

Products whose “time has come” – e.g. Zoom
Accelerated migration from on-premise to cloud
Costing angle – less travel means less money?
Product support – action at a distance
Absence of co-location and its impact

Awards

The top 3 papers and 1 best case study were selected and awarded with certificates.

Prof. Ashish K. Jha (Trinity Business School, University of Dublin)

Prof. Ashutosh Jha (S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research)

Dimitri Petrik (University of Stuttgart)

Program Committee (Academic/Research Track) 2021:

Prof. Priya Seetharaman (IIM Calcutta)

Prof. Samadrita Bhattacharyya (IIM Udaipur)

Prof. Shankhadeep Banerjee (IIM Bangalore)

PRESENTED ACADEMIC PAPERS

Building_Futuristic_Smarter_Products - Monojit Basu

Solutions to Gig Economy using AI and Blockchain - Harihara Vinayakaram Natarajan, Kunal Sunil Kasodekar, Annant Vijay Kushwaha, Keerthana Jayakumaran, Sahana Krishna Karki, and Prachi Gupta

Managing the lessons from 2020: A case study on E-commerce product development and project management - Sanjive Saxena

A review of literature on trust in online platforms and future research directions - Sowmya Kini, Rajendra K Bandi

Technological overburden, technology solutions and role of positive psychology and technology - The path forward- Biju. A

Industry 4.0 And InformalSector: Preliminary Gaps And Scope For Innovation - Vinay Reddy Venumuddala, Rajalaxmi Kamath

Improving Enterprise Applications adoption by using Hook Framework: A Case Study - Srikant Suddekunte

AI-based approach to enforce budget restrictions on Azure RG’s for large enterprises - Harihara Vinayakaram Natarajan, Kunal Sunil Kasodekar

Privacy enhanced smart-contract based solution using verifiable multi ledger model - Harihara Vinayakaram Natarajan, Prachi Gupta, Annant Vijay Kushwaha, and Kunal Sunil Kasodekar

Smart Innovation – How will Artificial Intelligence influence the Innovation Management of (Software) Products? Rainer Nägele, Peter Ohlhausen, Juliane Anja Braun

A hybrid project management methodology for managed services providers Introduction- Sophie Ameloot and Anuragini Shirish

Digital innovation platforms as orchestrators of (non-)decided orders and their impact on the role of software product management - Kurt Rachlitz

A system modeling approach to simulate post- COVID-19 student intention to use online learning platforms - Ruchika Vatsa and Purnima Bhatnagar

Virtual Courts in the Era of Covid-19: The Challenges Confronted by Women Legal Professionals of Kolkata - Rupanjana Sinha, Asmita Bhattacharyya