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University of Sheffield National Fairground Archive Stakeholder Analysis

Added by Richard Freeston · last edited by Richard Freeston · on Apr 18, 2012 (view change)

JISC's explanation of stakeholder analysis: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/fundingopportunities/projectmanagement/planning/stakeholders.aspx

List of potential stakeholders*
Head of finance
IT directors / managers
Heads of department
Researchers (professors, fellows, PhDs)
Project officers or departmental managers
Lecturers
Library directors / senior managers
Library managers / team leaders
Subject librarians
Acquisitions / cataloguing
Information literacy trainers
Archivists

List your stakeholders in the table below
The list above should give you a starting point, but note that this is not an exhaustive list - think about stakeholders at your institution

Stakeholder	Interest/stake
Head of finance	Financial commitment; value for money; opportunities for revenue generation
IT directors / managers	Reliability, robustness and interoperability of IT infrastructure
Researchers (professors, fellows, PhDs)	Scope of collection; currency of material; accuracy and granularity of descriptive metadata; ease of access
Lecturers / teaching staff	Ease of access; clear usage guidelines
Library directors / senior managers	Relevance to institutional acquisitions strategy; staff resourcing; space resourcing; financial burden
Acquisitions / cataloguing	Workload; appropriate training; clear guidelines
Archivists	Workload; appropriate tools and training
Collection donators	Decision to donate material; trust in professional handling of material; clarification of IPR issues
Showmen Guilds (the 'subjects' of much of the content)	Accuracy of descriptive information; sensitivity to values of the Fairground workers' community
Commercial clients	Discoverability of content; efficiency of service; value for money; accurate IPR information
Undergraduate students	Scope of collection; granularity of descriptive metadata; ease of use; clear usage guidelines

Now enter your stakeholders in the table below

	Significant Influence	Some Influence	Little Influence	No Influence
Significant Importance	Head of finance Library directors / senior managers IT directors / managers		Commercial clients
Some Importance		Collection donators Showmen Guilds Researchers (professors, fellows, PhDs) Archivists Catalogers	Lecturers / teaching staff
Little Importance				Undergraduate students
No Importance

Stakeholder management approach - how you need to interact with them

	Interest (low)	Interest (high)
Power (high)	Keep Satisfied Head of finance IT directors / managers	Manage Closely Library directors / senior managers
Power (low)	Monitor (Minimum effort) Lecturers / teaching staff	Keep Informed Collection donators Showmen Guilds Commercial clients Archivists Catalogers Researchers (professors, fellows, PhDs)