El método MACTOR para analizar los procesos de gestión de los proyectos y programas de desarrollo en África

The proliferation of development projects in Africa in general and in Cameroon in particular over the last decade contrasts with their performance, which in most cases remains mixed. These performances depend to a large extent on the strategies and decisions taken by the interacting actors. Strategic analysis is therefore a fundamental approach to better understand the performance of development programs. The MACTOR method (Godet, 2007) fits into this framework; an application of actantial rationality in the analysis of human interactions. It makes it possible to identify all of the active and passive actors involved in a project and to define the matrix of alliances, conflicts, strategies, tactics, and objectives pursued by these actors. This method opens the way to an actancial analysis of the management of development projects in order to better identify their strengths and weaknesses. This article is a systematic review of the issues at stake in this method and its application in the Cameroonian context. It highlights the theoretical determinants of the method and its relevance in the managerial analysis of projects under an actantial rationality.