Stakeholder Analysis
A Stakeholder analysis is an analysis that aims to identify and analyze the different people or groups - stakeholders – that are affected by the results, simultaneously with the result’s success depending on the cooperation between the stakeholder and the project. It is important to identify all stakeholders for the purpose of identifying their success criteria and turning these into quality goals. The selection of the stakeholders can, in principle, be tackled in two steps:
Create insight into the project by breaking it down to the desired level.
Identify all stakeholders, deselect the unimportant ones, and group the remaining stakeholders until the desired level of detail is achieved.
When to perform a Stakeholder analysis A Stakeholder analysis is performed when there is a need to clarify the consequences of envisaged changes, or at the start of new projects and in connection with organizational changes generally. How to perform a Stakeholder analysis A stakeholder analysis is performed in several stages:
- Identification of stakeholders.
- In principle, a large number of individuals and/or organizational units can be stakeholders. In practice, the number must, however, be limited to the relevant stakeholders; i.e. to those who are influenced by the identified problems and for whom the project’s lifecycle and success are decisive.
- Prioritize the stakeholders.
- Start with requirements and contributions.
- Describe the success criteria for requirements and contributions.
- Find the stakeholders’ focal areas in terms of risks, finances, time and quality.
- Prepare a communication strategy based on the stakeholders’ wants and needs.
- Identify the stakeholders’ positions and roles.
- Make the success criteria measurable in order to make realization of the requirements easier.
- Identify influence on/ influenced by the project’s result and process.
