Comments on: Stakeholder Games, Anyone? http://www.b2ttraining.com/2007/08/27/stakeholder-games-anyone/ Connecting Business Requirements to Technology Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:41:26 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Kerber http://www.b2ttraining.com/2007/08/27/stakeholder-games-anyone/comment-page-1/#comment-1051 Kerber Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:37:55 +0000 http://www.b2ttraining.com/2007/08/27/stakeholder-games-anyone/#comment-1051 I agree with Tom about the importance of perception. For each project I have a domain specialist assigned to work with me. This relationship is crucial to the project and I work to make us become a team, what means, sharing the same vision. Most of times, it's my vision that adapts to meet their visions, but it's part of our area's orientation. About games, it's true that their visions are not limited to the project scope and other subjects, most personnel always interfere. It's common for me to have a hidden goal in my projects "help on my partners career growth". Kerber ITBA - Digitro Technology www.digitro.com www.kerber.com.br I agree with Tom about the importance of perception. For each project I have a domain specialist assigned to work with me. This relationship is crucial to the project and I work to make us become a team, what means, sharing the same vision. Most of times, it's my vision that adapts to meet their visions, but it's part of our area's orientation. About games, it's true that their visions are not limited to the project scope and other subjects, most personnel always interfere. It's common for me to have a hidden goal in my projects "help on my partners career growth". Kerber ITBA – Digitro Technology http://www.digitro.com http://www.kerber.com.br

]]> By: Tom Robertson http://www.b2ttraining.com/2007/08/27/stakeholder-games-anyone/comment-page-1/#comment-1050 Tom Robertson Mon, 27 Aug 2007 19:49:08 +0000 http://www.b2ttraining.com/2007/08/27/stakeholder-games-anyone/#comment-1050 For me, building up a comfortable relationship with the stakeholder is the best way to get a good enough rapport going to really get at their core requirements. Empathizing with personal issues is always a good way to build a relationship. Some of my stakeholders have had a bad perception of "IT" as people who come in and install software without any real understanding of the business. I really had to work with them to make them realize that my job function was really to listen to what their requirements were so that IT could design a solution to fit their needs. For me, building up a comfortable relationship with the stakeholder is the best way to get a good enough rapport going to really get at their core requirements. Empathizing with personal issues is always a good way to build a relationship.

Some of my stakeholders have had a bad perception of “IT” as people who come in and install software without any real understanding of the business. I really had to work with them to make them realize that my job function was really to listen to what their requirements were so that IT could design a solution to fit their needs.

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