CLOUDPM 2021 : Springer Book - Building Cloud Software Products Innovation, Technology, and Product Management

Call for Book Chapters (CFC)

Title:

Building Cloud Software Products Innovation, Technology, and Product Management by Springer


Scope:

The cloud computing paradigm has introduced an array of opportunities and challenges in software product management. While scalability and elasticity of this environment is appreciated by customers, cloud product lifecycle management is fundamentally different from building, shipping, and supporting boxed products. The book will look at challenges faced by product management teams of cloud providers, ISVs, and Sis, and recent advances in industry and academia to address them.

Topics:

- Ideation
- Innovation management of cloud-native applications
- Role of machine learning and advanced data analytics in product management
- User research, writing human-centred scenarios, and A/B testing at scale
- Cloud product vision, market positioning, strategy, and pricing
- Defining roadmap and methods for accurate estimation of development efforts
- Continuous Integration Continuous Delivery (CICD) in cloud product management
- Defining KPIs and OKRs
- Predicting and measuring customer delight and stickiness
- Building partnerships and ecosystems
- Representing uncertainty and risk in cloud product management

Key dates:

First draft: December 2020
Results of review: February 2021
Revised chapters: May 2021
Final edits: July 2021
Completion: August 2021


Submission:

Questions, initial proposal and manuscripts must be submitted to book editor, Dr. Yasin Hajizadeh at [email protected]