What Stakeholder Mapping is designed to do

Analyze stakeholder interest, influence, impact and relationship needs for a change or decision.

Core components

  • Stakeholders
  • Interest
  • Influence
  • Impact
  • Engagement approach

Copy-ready prompt

Create a stakeholder map for [initiative]. Identify affected groups, interests, influence, degree of impact, likely concerns and evidence. Avoid stereotypes about individuals. Recommend two-way engagement, decisions requiring consultation, owners and signals that stakeholder conditions have changed.

Three practical uses

  1. Plan organizational change
  2. Prepare communications
  3. Improve project governance

How to improve the output

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