Stakeholders

There are multiple different stakeholders of the project. These include: the team, Thales, mining and oil companies and their employees.

Team

The team directly affects the success of the project. The team has a deep desire to achieve a meaningful outcome for Thales. The team aims to do the best work possible to not only meet the course assessment but more importantly deliver the project with value to Thales.

Thales

Thales is the client of the project making them and the project team the two most important stakeholders in the project. Thales have an interest into this space as a potential future technology which they can sell. The success of this project could be a major factor in whether Thales pursues this technology further.

Oil Companies

Since Thales aims to market and sell the system to third parties, the oil companies that would purchase it are also important stakeholders for the project and their needs have to be considered. Although there are no specific companies at this stage, knowing where the technology will be used forms some boundaries on the design and gives information about the operating environment for the project. This also opens up the opportunity to contact the oil companies to better understand how they could benefit from an asset tracking system.

Oil Company Employees

If the project ends up being a success, the safety of employees that work on oil-rigs may be improved. Once again there are no specific companies in mind however this group is still an important stakeholder in the project.