Stakeholder mapping

Abstract

This article is about the importance of making a stakeholder mapping before making changes in a working group for example in a company. The stakeholders can have influence or be able to affect the project. The influence or affect can occur before, under and after the execution of the project, and the stakeholders can have positive or negative influence on the project. Therefor it’s important that you handle the stakeholders in the right way when starting a project.

In this article you will be given the right tools for making a good Stakeholder Mapping. The Stakeholder Map consist of 4 steps: Identification, Categorization, Strategy for handling and Communication plan.

The article will include following:

• What is Stakeholder mapping

• Whom are the Stakeholders

• The Idea behind the Method

• How to analyze

- Identification

- Categorization

- Strategy for handling

- Communication plan

After having read this article, the reader should be ready to make a Stakeholder Analysis specific to the project they are working on.