How to Survive a Learning Management System (LMS) Implementation? A Stakeholder Analysis Approach

TL;DR

This paper emphasizes the importance of stakeholder analysis in LMS implementation, identifying key stakeholders, their needs, and collaboration to improve success rates in higher education institutions.

Contribution

It introduces a stakeholder analysis approach to understand and address stakeholder needs during LMS implementation for better adoption.

Findings

Identified key stakeholders in LMS implementation

Analyzed stakeholder goals and collaboration

Provided insights to increase implementation success

Abstract

To survive a learning management system (LMS) implementation an understanding of the needs of the various stakeholders is necessary. The goal of every LMS implementation is to ensure the use of the system by instructors and students to enhance teaching and communication thereby enhancing learning outcomes of the students. If the teachers and students do not use the system, the system is useless. This research is motivated by the importance of identifying and understanding various stakeholders involved in the LMS implementation process in order to anticipate possible challenges and identify critical success factors essential for the effective implementation and adoption of a new LMS system. To this end, we define the term stakeholder. We conducted a stakeholder analysis to identify the key stakeholders in an LMS implementation process. We then analyze their goals and needs, and how they collaborate in the implementation process. The findings of this work will provide institutions of higher learning an overview of the implementation process and useful insights into the needs of the stakeholders, which will in turn ensure an increase in the level of success achieved when implementing a LMS.