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Workshop politics in test organizations
It’s inevitable
Jan Jaap Cannegieter – Vice President SYSQA B.V.
@jjcannegieter
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Goal
Creating awareness what it means to consciously deal with politics in organizations.
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Case release advice
• You are a test manager in the project ‘World Traveller Investment’, a financial product for young people who want to save money for a trip around the world
• Read the case description
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Four questions
• How much time does someone on team leader or management level spend on politics?
• On a 1 to 10 scale, how important is it for a test manager or team leader to have political skills?
• On a 1 to 10 scale, what is your level political skills?
• On a 1 to 10 scale, within your project or organization, what is your level political skills compared to other stakeholders on team leader or management level?
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Stakeholder management
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Stakeholder
A person or group of people which are involved in or are affected by your test project
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Stakeholder management
1. Stakeholder identification
2. Stakeholder analysis
3. Plan involvement of stakeholders
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Step 1. Stakeholder identification
• Question: Who are involved in or are affected by this test project
• Organization diagram
• Process analysis
• Stakeholders in the project (see project plan)
• Question: Who are involved in or are affected by this test project
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Step 2. Stakeholder analysis
• Personal relationship
• Organization level
• Influence
• Stakeholder type
• Business goals
• Mindset
• Ambition
• Behavioural style
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SHA – Personal relation
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• Green – Personal friend
• Blue – Business friend
• Yellow – Neutral
• Orange – Business opponent
• Red – Personal opponent
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SHA – roles (form of influence)
• E - Executive (decision maker)
• S - Specialist
• U - User
• C - Consulted
• I - Informed
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Types of stakeholders
Demanding Discretionary
Dormant
Dependent
Dangerous Dominant
Definitive
Urgency Legitimacy
Influence
Mitchell, Agle, Wood, 1997
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SHA – Types of stakeholders
• Dor - Dormant
• Dan - Dangerous
• Def - Definitive
• Dom - Dominant
• Dem - Demanding
• Dep - Dependent
• Dis - Discretionary
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Involvement
• High
• Medium
• Low
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SHA – Business interest
• T - Time
• M - Money
• Q - Quality
• Ce - Certainty
• Co - Continuity
• Sa - Safety
• E - Ease
• St - Status
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SHA - Ambition
• € - Earning money
• ↑ - Making career
• © - Develop themselves
• - Pleasure in work
• ♥ - Being liked
• Zzz – Rest
• - Wanting to be the best
• - Retain status quo
• - Sitting out time
• …
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SHA - Mindset
• P - Problem
• H - Help
• N - Not necessary
• D - Disruptive
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SHA – Behavioural style
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Stabilizing
Conforming
Interacting
Dominant
Extraverted Introverted
Above
Under
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Stakeholder card
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Case stakeholder card
• Take an empty stakeholder card
• Take three important stakeholders of your project or organization in mind
• Fill in the aspects
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Step 3. Planning involvement of stakeh.
• Derive scenarios
• Determine pro’s and con’s of the scenarios
• Think from the other stakeholders point of view
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Involvement of stakeholders
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Influence
Importance
High
Low
Low High
Monitor
Keep satisfied
Inform
Manage actively
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Types of stakeholders
1 out of 3: latent SH’s 2 out of 3: expected SH’s 3 out of 3: absolute SH’s
Demanding Discretionary
Dormant
Dependent
Dangerous Dominant
Definitive
Urgency Legitimacy
Mitchell, Agle, Wood, 1997
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Involving stakeholder
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Pty Type Description Dealing
1 Definitive Influence, legitimacy and
urgency
Cooperation Certainly
2 Dependent Legitimacy and urgency Cooperation Certainly
2 Dangerous Influence and urgency Defend If possible not
2 Dominant Influence and legitimacy Cooperation, defend Possibly
3 Demanding Urgency Cooperation Possibly
3 Discretionary Legitimacy Cooperation Possibly
3 Dormant Influence Monitoring No, if necessary, inform
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Case clean politics versus dirty politics
• What is the difference between clean politics and dirty politics?
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Goals
Organizational goals
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Project or department goals
Personal goals
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Acting correctly
Organizational goals
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Project or department goals
Personal goals
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Acting correctly
Organizational goals
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Project or department goals
Personal goals
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Acting correctly
Organizational goals
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Project or department goals
Personal goals
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Optional case: the smart politician
• What are the characteristics of a smart politician
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So, to be successful you ...
• Are well informed
• Are aware of the goals of every person
• Maintain a relationship with everybody who is important
• Know the consequences of your behaviour
• Adapts to your environment
• Know/understand what someone else does and why he of she is doing it
• Don’t make enemies (not a rat)
• Are respectful
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