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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 analyse stakeholders by interest and influence to identify key players, potential saboteurs, advocates and avoid 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 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 (stakeholdermap.com).
Need convincing about the importance of Stakeholder Mapping? This case study reveals the perils of mis-managing your stakeholders.
Importance of Stakeholder Management - UK Passport Office
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. Read an overview of Stakeholder Management
Stakeholder mapping in 4 steps
1. Define your stakeholders
2. Analyse stakeholders by impact and influence
3. Plan Manage stakeholder communications and reporting
4. Engage with your stakeholders
Use these steps along with the stakeholder maps and templates to manage your stakeholders effectively and turn them into project champions!
Watch this overview of stakeholder mapping
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About stakeholdermap.com
Our mission is to advise Project Managers on the best way to manage their stakeholders. We have created stakeholdermap.com to share our knowledge and experience. Our aim is to provide a comprehensive toolkit of stakeholder maps and templates for Project Managers. We hope you find this guide useful. Many stakeholder managers and project professionals have used this site for live projects, research and academic course work.
Map your stakeholders in four steps - Step one - stakeholder definition