A component-based method for stakeholder analysis

Stakeholders can facilitate or hinder an organisation’s performance significantly. The identification and management of the stakeholder is one of the key business activities for organisations. Although stakeholder identification is the first step of stakeholder analysis, there is little attention paid to the methodologies for stakeholder identification. This paper uses a system view point and proposes a component-based method for stakeholder identification and analysis, which focuses on the artefacts as linkage between different sub-systems of an organisation. Stakeholders, identified through components, include the processors who produce, use, communicate and control the component making process. The identified stakeholders can then be mapped into a stakeholder relationship map according to the components that are being used to identify the stakeholders. This method provides a novel approach to identify stakeholders through artefacts and define stakeholder relationship, through the a rtefacts they are involved in. Hence, it provides a comprehensive and better understanding of stakeholder management

Community Participation Level in Kampong Ketandan As Tourism Kampong in an Effort of Kampong Preservation

Kampong Ketandan is one of five new Kampong in the pioneering stage made into a tourism Kampong as an effort to maintain the existence of the Kampong in the city center according to Surabaya Tourism Review Document year 2017. A form of community participation is required to preserve the historical and cultural values of the Kampong in the city. Thus, the research aims to identify the level of community participation of Kampong Ketandan as tourism Kampong in Surabaya to preserve its existence. The descriptive explorative method used by looking at the results of selected stakeholder interviews based on governments and the community itself. Afterward, content analysis was done to extract the condition of the participation level of Kampong Ketandan as a tourism Kampong based on the tourism component. The result shows that the highest community participation level is for attraction component in realizing the cultural attraction which at the level of ’Partnership.’ While the lowest level of participation is for an ancillary part in forming a support group of tourists and amenities component in utilizing souvenir shops and toilet facilities

A regional energy system transition modeling tool for decision support:a case study of the Groningen province in the Northern Netherlands

Regionalized national models are uncommon in energy system modeling and analysis. The regional level is vital because this scale assists in identifying the spatial and energy potentials of renewable energy sources. In addition, spatial planning is crucial for energy system transition and typically occurs on a local to regional level. This study created a regional decision-supporting energy system modeling tool using an existing national integrated energy system model named OPERA. The case study was the Dutch province of Groningen. Four systematic methodological steps were followed. First, a crude regionalization framework was created within OPERA. Second, renewable spatial potential was analyzed by modeling with geographic information system-based tools. Third, a regional decision-support tool was developed by adding a spatial interface to the energy system modeling framework. Fourth, this tool was tested and validated by developing stakeholder-informed scenarios and discussing the outcomes in a stakeholder workshop. Important quantitative outcomes of the tool are regional primary energy supply mixes, secondary energy demand balances, interregional energy flows, and related cost structures. The results showed that energy infrastructure is a crucial component of the total system cost. Onshore wind and biomass can play a significant role in the future regional energy system of Groningen, subject to regional and national policies and public perception. The framework can analyze trade-offs, conflicts, and complementarity between stakeholder opinions and perspectives. The stakeholder interaction process highlighted the importance of the science-policy interface. The method is universal and can be applied to other regional contexts, subject to data availability

Sustainable urban development in practice:the SAVE concept

The need for sustainable development of the urban environment presents the research community with a number of challenges and opportunities. A considerable volume of research has been undertaken into the constituent parts of this complex problem and a number of tool kits and methodologies have been developed to enable and encourage the application of specific aspects of research in practice. However, there is limited evidence of the holistic integration of the body of knowledge arising from the research within real-life decision-making practices. In this paper we present an overview of the existing body of knowledge relating to sustainable development of the urban environment and propose a generic framework for its integration within current practices. This framework recognises the need to: understand social, economic, and environmental issues; understand the decision-making processes; provide a means of measurement, assessment, or valuation of the issues; provide analytical methods for the comparative assessment of complex data to enable an evaluation of strategies and design options and to communicate effectively throughout the process with a wide range of stakeholders. The components of a novel sustainability assessment, visualisation and enhancement (SAVE) framework, developed by the authors to ‘operationalise’ the body of knowledge are presented and justified. These include: decision-mapping methods to identify points of intervention; indicator identification and measurement approaches; appropriate mathematical and analytical tools and an interactive simulation and visualisation platform which integrates and communicates complex multivariate information to diverse stakeholder groups. We report on the application of the SAVE framework to a major urban development project and reflect on its current and potential impact on the development. Conclusions are also drawn about its general applicability

A Methodological Framework for the Assessment of Level of Service of Stormwater Infrastructure

With climate change becoming the single most concern in the contemporary world, stormwater management has been receiving greater attention than before. Even though stormwater infrastructure plays a pivotal part in the municipality, there are no available standards or tools to assess its level of service (LOS). Stormwater infrastructure should manage the quantity and quality of stormwater by controlling flooding, pollutants and ensuring public safety. Currently, creating a proactive stormwater infrastructure management system is hindered by a lack of resources despite the importance of these resources for proper stormwater infrastructure management. In an advanced asset management system, LOS assessment is identified as a key component. LOS indicates the service provided by the stormwater infrastructure system to its stakeholders. The LOS assessment system must use a flexible framework that enables focusing on the component level up to the system level and integrates stakeholder and regional priorities. The objective of this research is to propose a methodological framework to assess the LOS of stormwater infrastructure. A Key Performance Indicator (KPI) based approach is used to indicate the current LOS. The KPIs identified under four performance parameters include stormwater quantity, quality, risk, and cost. Benchmarks are defined for each KPI based on industry standards, regional characteristics and/or stakeholder priorities. The proposed method develops the LOS assessment tool to support stakeholders in their asset management process. The KPI data for the study area, Ward 6, Windsor, Canada was obtained from municipal Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data and the Stormwater Management Model (SWMM). The programming language, R was used to read and write the SWMM files to aid in analysis. The LOS performance assessment is indicated at the stormwater system level, performance parameter level, and the KPI level. The proposed method is applied to the study area as a case study. The outcome identifies flooding prone areas, determines the level of pollutant concentrations and loadings in stormwater runoff and the cost vs benefits of low impact development (LID) in the study area. The LOS framework and tool gives an insight into the current LOS of the study area

Development and selection of operational management strategies to achieve policy objectives

Since the reform of the EU Common Fisheries Policy in 2002, effort has been devoted to addressing the governance, scientific, social and economic issues required to introduce an ecosystem approach to fisheries management (EAFM) in Europe. Fisheries management needs to support the three pillars of sustainability (ecological, social and economic) and Fisheries Ecosystem Plans (FEPs) have been developed as a tool to assist managers considering the ecological, social and economic implications of their decision. Building upon previous studies (e.g. the FP5-funded European Fisheries Ecosystem Plan project), the core concept of the Making the European Fisheries Ecosystem Plan Operational (MEFEPO) project is to deliver operational frameworks (FEPs) for three regional seas. The project focus is on how best to make current institutional frameworks responsive to an EAFM at regional and pan-European levels in accordance with the principles of good governance. The regional seas selected for the project are the North Sea (NS), North Western Waters (NWW) and South Western Waters (SWW) RAC regions. The aim of this work package (WP5) was to develop operational objectives to achieve the ecological objectives identified for the 3 regional seas in WP2. This report describes the development and implementation of a transparent and formal process that should lead to identification of the “best” operational management strategies for an EAFM, based on sound scientific information and stakeholder involvement (e.g. regional industry groups, citizen groups, managers and other interest groups)

Adaptive development and maintenance of user-centric software systems

A software system cannot be developed without considering the various facets of its environment. Stakeholders – including the users that play a central role – have their needs, expectations, and perceptions of a system. Organisational and technical aspects of the environment are constantly changing. The ability to adapt a software system and its requirements to its environment throughout its full lifecycle is of paramount importance in a constantly changing environment. The continuous involvement of users is as important as the constant evaluation of the system and the observation of evolving environments. We present a methodology for adaptive software systems development and maintenance. We draw upon a diverse range of accepted methods including participatory design, software architecture, and evolutionary design. Our focus is on user-centred software systems

Mapping customer needs to engineering characteristics: an aerospace perspective for conceptual design

Designing complex engineering systems, such as an aircraft or an aero-engine, is immensely challenging. Formal Systems Engineering (SE) practices are widely used in the aerospace industry throughout the overall design process to minimise the overall design effort, corrective re-work, and ultimately overall development and manufacturing costs. Incorporating the needs and requirements from customers and other stakeholders into the conceptual and early design process is vital for the success and viability of any development programme. This paper presents a formal methodology, the Value-Driven Design (VDD) methodology that has been developed for collaborative and iterative use in the Extended Enterprise (EE) within the aerospace industry, and that has been applied using the Concept Design Analysis (CODA) method to map captured Customer Needs (CNs) into Engineering Characteristics (ECs) and to model an overall ‘design merit’ metric to be used in design assessments, sensitivity analyses, and engineering design optimisation studies. Two different case studies with increasing complexity are presented to elucidate the application areas of the CODA method in the context of the VDD methodology for the EE within the aerospace secto