Stakeholders not happy? Can't get people to work together? Use four simple steps and our proven
templates to
map your stakeholders. Learn how to
analyze them by interest and influence to identify key players, potential saboteurs, advocates and time wasters.
Using the
ebook and templates available on this site you can develop detailed plans to manage the most important people on your
project - the stakeholders.
If you google reasons
projects fail you will find many different opinions on
project failure, but all will contain something about 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
engagement is crucial to achieving these goals, and it is not surprising that "Effectively engage with stakeholders" is one of the 12 principles of project management in the latest edition of the
Project Managment Body of Knowledge (PMBOK).
Identifying, analyzing, and proactively engaging with stakeholders from the start to the end
of the project helps to enable success. (PMBOK 7th edn. p. 33)
Need convincing?
These case studies reveal the perils of mismanaging your stakeholders.
Project management methodologies and organizations approach stakeholder management in a variety of 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.
Stakeholder mapping in 4 steps
Decide who you will count as a
stakeholder on your project and learn how to identify them using 6 simple methods.
Often step 1 will result in a long list of stakeholders, this isn't a bad thing. It is better to know about all of the people who could impact your project. In step 2 you will learn the simplest way to identify the stakeholders you need to spend the most time on.
How to identify WIN WIN strategies for managing your high power and high interest stakeholders, and create an effective communications and reporting plan.
Engaging with your Stakeholders is
crucial to the success of your business! Read this comprehensive, step by step guide. Includes recommended reading and links to our templates.
If you manage your stakeholders well, they will actively support you. If you ignore them they will sabotage your project. (stakeholdermap.com)
Use the 4 steps along with the eBook and templates to manage your stakeholders effectively and turn them into project champions!
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Access over 30 templates including: complete examples of stakeholder management and
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The matrix is a simple, but very effective analysis tool and there are many versions. We introduce the 6 key matrices you should use!
Learn how to use stakeholder salience. The concept of salience was proposed by Ronald K. Mitchell, Bradley R. Agle and Donna J. Wood in an article for The Academy of Management Review in 1997.
The 7 principles of Stakeholder Management were developed out of four conferences hosted by the Clarkson Centre for Business Ethics & Board Effectiveness between 1993 and 1998. Learn what they are here!
Learn the BEST way to conduct a Stakeholders Analysis and download a free template or access all of the tools available with our
eBook.
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This is a FREE risk register that contains the top 20 common project risks with mitigating and contingency actions that you can take against each one.
Save time using these free Project templates! Project Management templates for downloading. Free risk log, and Highlight Report. These templates have all been used on real world projects and programs. All are free to download and use.
22 Work Breakdown Structure examples! WBS examples for a software project, construction projects, a conference, finding a job, selling a house, planning permission and other real projects. FREE to download in Visio and PDF format.
Use this FREE template to capture all of the key information you need to track the progress of your project actions. Use this FREE template to capture all of the key information you need to track the progress of your project actions.
This PMBOK template includes requirement description, category, priority, acceptance criteria, complexity and verification.
References
Project Management Institute. (2021).
A guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK guide) (7th ed.). Project Management Institute.
