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Analyze project stakeholders

Analyze project stakeholders

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Analyze project stakeholders

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- [Narrator] It can be challenging to figure out who the stakeholders are for your project, which ones are most important and the best way to work with them. That's where the stakeholder analysis document comes in handy. You can store information there as you identify stakeholders and learn about their part in your project. Identifying stakeholders and their part in the project doesn't happen all at once. You'll figure all that out over the course of defining the project. First, you need to know how your stakeholders are connected to your project and what motivates them. Start by including the department, business unit or company the stakeholder belongs to and their position in the organization. Next, determine who the stakeholder listens to. That can help if you need to figure out how to deal with that stakeholder. You can ask that person how to handle the stakeholder or ask them to help directly. Identify the project objectives that the stakeholder cares about and how they…

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