Stakeholder Analysis

2.009 The Product Engineering Process

Timothy Prestero – MIT LFEE

11 September 2002

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What is Stakeholder Analysis?

• Another form of market analysis• Market analysis in an industrialized country

– Investigating prior art– Market readiness: solution looking for a problem?– Identifying customer use patterns– Financing and distribution– Regulatory environment

• Stakeholder analysis in developing countries– Who is involved in the problem?– Who plays a role in the solution?– Prior art: what exists, what has been tried before?– Cultural considerations– Material and manufacturing constraints

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Stakeholder Groups

• Community Members– people who live and work in the community– focus on short-term, local, quality-of-life issues

• Local Administrators– representing the local government– focus on regional and long-term issues

• Private Investors/Philanthropic Foundations– people interested in investing in the community/region– focus on maximizing the financial or social return on

investment

• Scientist/Conservators– people working in environmental monitoring, biodiversity,

epidemiology– focus on global issues, “invisible” dangers

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Regional Group• Arid or Semi-desert Rural Agricultural Communities

– Sub-Saharan West Africa: Senegal, Mali, Niger– South Africa: Namibia and Botswana– Middle East: Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Yemen– India: Rajasthan, Gujarat

• Regional Characteristics– Long dry season, short intense rainy season– Poor soil, limited ground cover– Negligible infrastructure (few roads, electricity rare)– Limited access to health care, education, communications

• Challenges– Water Quality– Transportation – Energy generation and storage – Access to healthcare – Water storage

– Soil erosion– Deforestation– Income generation– Access to education– Improving crop yields

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Mali, Sub-Saharan West Africa

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Community Life

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Community Water

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Community Water

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Community Water

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Food Production

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Food Production

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Food Production

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Food Production

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Livestock

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Community Energy

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Local Administration

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Stakeholder Groups

• Community Members– people who live and work in the community– focus on short-term, local, quality-of-life issues

• Local Administrators– representing the local government– focus on regional and long-term issues

• Private Investors/Philanthropic Foundations– people interested in investing in the community/region– focus on maximizing the financial or social return on

investment

• Scientist/Conservators– people working in environmental monitoring, biodiversity,

epidemiology– focus on global issues, “invisible” dangers