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A Taxonomy of Stakeholders: Human Roles in System Development

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  • Ian F. Alexander

    (Scenario Plus, London, UK)

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Systems engineers have often paid too little attention to the nature of the so-called “users” of products under development. These are better called stakeholders, as many roles are involved, and few of those are in direct contact with the developed products. A simple and robust conceptual framework for classifying development stakeholders — a taxonomy — is proposed. The taxonomy is product centric, with concentric “circles” denoting broad categories of stakeholders. Within these, generic “slots” describe typical classes of stakeholders; these are subdivided into “roles,” which are expected to vary at least in name with the domain. Examples are given, and a popular template is reanalysed using the framework. The taxonomy has immediate value in identifying and validating stakeholder roles in requirements elicitation, helping to ensure that key viewpoints are not missed, and hence reducing the risk of instability and failure during development.

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  • Ian F. Alexander, 2005. "A Taxonomy of Stakeholders: Human Roles in System Development," International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction (IJTHI), IGI Global, vol. 1(1), pages 23-59, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jthi00:v:1:y:2005:i:1:p:23-59
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    1. Ovidiu NICOLESCU & Ciprian NICOLESCU, 2018. "Stakeholders Based Management - A New Enterprise Management System," Proceedings of the INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE, Faculty of Management, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania, vol. 12(1), pages 423-434, November.
    2. Zaheer KHAN & David LUDLOW & Wolfgang LOIBL, 2013. "Applying The Cores Requirements Development Method For Building It Tools For Urban Management Systems: The Urbanapi Project," Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management, Research Centre in Public Administration and Public Services, Bucharest, Romania, vol. 8(4), pages 25-59, November.

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