If you google ‘reasons projects fail’ you will find many different opinions on project failure, but all will contain something about stakeholders, communication, people or teams.

 

If you are involved in managing or leading a project it is your responsibility to ensure the project is delivered successfully. It is up to you to deliver the project on time, to budget and to quality. Stakeholder mapping and stakeholder engagement is crucial to achieving these goals. If you manage your stakeholders well they will actively support you. If you ignore your stakeholders they will sabotage your project.

 

Need convincing about the importance of Stakeholder Mapping? This case study reveals the perils of mis-managing your stakeholders. UK Passport Office case study

 

Project management methodologies and organisations approach stakeholder mapping in different ways, but there are fundamental principles and processes that can be drawn out. I have distilled these principles into a proven 4 step process that can dramatically improve your chances of success. Use these steps along with the stakeholder maps and templates to manage your stakeholders effectively and turn them into project champions!

 

My mission is to advise Project Managers on the best way to manage their stakeholders. I have created stakeholdermap.com to share the knowledge and experience I have gained during my career. My aim is to provide a comprehensive toolkit of stakeholder maps and templates for Project Managers. I hope you find this guide useful.

 

Step one - stakeholder identification  © 2008 T Morphy.