Formulating a Project Management System for IP Integration in Physical Campus Development Process

Maznah Sahran¹, Rahinah Ibrahim¹, Rusli Abdullah¹, Samsilah Roslan¹

1. Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM

Published in Proceedings of the International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Built Environment (SASBE 2024), edited by Ali GhaffarianHoseini, Amirhosein GhaffarianHoseini, Farzad Rahimian and Mahesh Babu Purushothaman. Springer Nature, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, volume 591, 2025, pages 895 to 904. DOI 10.1007/978-981-96-4051-5_86.

Abstract

Intellectual property (IP) resources are currently pooled at research universities awaiting active commercialization by their respective Technology Transfer Offices (TTO). Malaysian research universities must facilitate their researchers in the pre-commercialization phases by way of selected campus procurement processes. This study is part of a larger study aiming to automate a project management system that could enable the inclusion of IP in physical campus development during the product’s innovation process. It posits that a university’s management team that utilizes a project management process with automated monitoring mechanism could align with TTO facilitation in promoting successful collaboration for IP integration in a physical campus development during the product’s innovation process. The study uses a multiple-case study approach design on five research universities in Malaysia involving representatives from the University Development Office (UDO) and TTO. This paper covers the current physical campus development life cycle, the tracking system in managing a campus project, and effectiveness criteria in project organization on campus. The results of the case study propose an improved physical development process workflow and recommend potential IP integration confluences. The results lead to recommendations for critical components for developing an automated project management system which could support the current physical campus development process. The results are expected to contribute in supporting the strategies and initiatives for nurturing innovation ecosystem as per outlined in the Malaysia Education Blueprint 2015–2025. Future study will report the development of the proposed strategic automated project management system for integrating IP in campus procurement process.

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Session

Presented in Track I, Saturday 9 November 2024, 11:00 to 13:00, room WA 224 A, Auckland University of Technology. Session chair Dr Mathias Valenzuela.

How to Cite

Sahran, M., Ibrahim, R., Abdullah, R., & Roslan, S. (2025). Formulating a Project Management System for IP Integration in Physical Campus Development Process. In A. GhaffarianHoseini, A. GhaffarianHoseini, F. Rahimian, & M. B. Purushothaman (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Built Environment (SASBE 2024) (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Vol. 591, pp. 895–904). Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-4051-5_86

About the Conference

Presented at SASBE 2024, the International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, held in Auckland from 7 to 9 November 2024 and chaired by Professors Ali and Amirhosein GhaffarianHoseini, founders of GDI Academy. The version of record is published by Springer Nature; this page is the conference archive record kept by GDI Academy.