PROJECT STAKEHOLDERS

Definitions
A stakeholder is any person or party impacted by or having influence upon the outcome of the project.
Project stakeholders are those entities within or outside an organization which: a) Sponsor a project or, b) Have an interest or a gain upon a successful completion of a project. c) May have a positive or negative influence in the Project Completion.

Examples of project stakeholders

Project leader Project team members Upper management Project customer Resource Managers Line Managers Product user group

Project testers

 Project leader (or project manager) the head of the project; defines, plans, controls, and leads the project. Project team members produce the outputs (deliverables) for the project; participate in the project management process; contribute their skills and effort to perform tasks.

 Sponsor (or upper manager) the person with formal authority who is ultimately responsible for the project; oversees the project; acts as a liaison between the upper management team and the project leader; provides authority, guidance, and maintains project priority

 Project customer the person or group whose needs and requirements drive the project; receives the final output(s) that the project produces; provides product requirements and funding. Functional managers (also known as resource managers or line managers) provide company policy an resources, particularly people who are involved in the project.

Project Stakeholder Analysis

Project Risk Analysis

Communication Plan

Project Stakeholder Analysis

Project stakeholder analysis consists of the following highlevel activities

Identifying stakeholders

Assess their attitudes and degree of influence

Develop and execute a plan to influence their performance

Continue monitoring for evolving attitudes and influence

Factors influencing stakeholders

1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Inspiration Related Motivated by vision,exllence & ethics Person Related Motivated by gratitude,onership & self concept Position Related Motivated by recognition,visibility & insiderness Task Related Motivated by new resourses,task supported& information. Relationship Related Motivated by understanding, acceptance & support.