Engage stakeholders
Enablers
- Analyze stakeholders. (ECO 2.4.1)
- Categorize stakeholders. (ECO 2.4.2)
- Engage stakeholders by category. (ECO 2.4.3)
- Develop, execute, and validate a strategy for stakeholder engagement. (ECO 2.4.4)
Deliverables, and Tools
Stakeholder Categories
- Sponsors
- Customers and users
- Sellers
- Business partners
- Organizational groups
- Functional managers
- Other stakeholders
Stakeholder Engagement Strategy
- A strategy to involve each project stakeholder, based on their needs, expectations, interests, and potential impact on the project.
- The strategy can be used to guide project managers in effectively involving stakeholders throughout the life cycle of a project.
- Enable to provide the right level of management to the number of stakeholders
- Enable to develop appropriate management strategies to effectively engage stakeholders throughout the project life cycle, based on the analysis of their needs, interests, and potential impact on the project success.
- This strategy is about the creation and maintenance of relationships between the project team and stakeholders while satisfying their respective needs and requirements within project boundaries.
Stakeholder Engagement Assessment Matrix
Stakeholder Engagement Assessment Matrix * is a matrix that compares current and desired stakeholder engagement levels.
Classification levels can include:
- Unaware
- Resistant
- Neutral
- Supportive
- Leading
Guidelines to Develop, Execute, and Validate a Strategy for Stakeholder Engagement
- Review the project management plan.
- Review the stakeholder register.
- Review the Enterprise Environmental Factors (EEFs).
- Review the Organizational Process Assets (OPAs).
- Use tools and techniques such as expert judgment.
- Hold meetings with experts and the project team.
- Use analytical techniques to classify the level of engagement for stakeholders.
- Document the stakeholder engagement plan.