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Design+ Speculative and participatory stakeholder mapping

This study aims to find and establish new connections international non-profit organization with the mission
between participatory and speculative design and to benefit companies and society through IP protection.
stakeholder identification. Across the case study discussed However, the organization had no experience with
in this paper, new knowledge is generated for design, both participatory and speculative design processes. The
as practice and discipline. Moreover, the design also served literature reports some cases of projects where the research
as a means to develop a method, approach, and practice for team conducted stakeholder mapping through co-creation;
addressing an unprecedented situation – the identification however, the participants were invited for their background
of stakeholders through participatory and speculative and expertise in stakeholder mapping and co-creation
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design. (which were both missing in the present project). The
Building upon a literature review on stakeholder development of the project followed the chronological and
management, participatory design, and speculative design, methodological steps summarized in Figure 1.
the research methodology consists of individual interviews,
participatory workshops, and the critical assessment of 5.1. Phase 1: Understanding needs and expectations
the material collected and produced during the project. and defining operational criteria
All individual interviews were recorded and transcribed It was realized that engagement by the organization’s
to identify inputs for the project. For the workshops, team in the project was a key factor for the success of the
the Miro platform and its digital notes were used to project. After a series of frequent interactions with the
record participants’ inputs, supported by ethnographic project officer, the first step was to explain the project to
observation of the participants. all staff members working with stakeholders and collect
5. Case study: Participatory and speculative their feedback, insights, and expectations. Twelve key staff
members who commonly interact with the organization’s
design for stakeholder identification stakeholders were identified and interviewed individually,
In this project, we aimed to identify the organization’s in person or online. All interviews were recorded and
stakeholders, and we acted as facilitators and enablers transcribed using Microsoft Teams. Each interview
of the design process. 31,43-45 The case study involves an included six questions, as reported in Table 1.

Figure 1. Overview of the project phases

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