hey everybody dr. white here aka the business analysis doctor and today I'm gonna be giving
you guys 7 tips on how to identify the right stakeholders for your project so
by now we all know that not identifying the right stakeholders can lead to miss requirements rework
and unwanted scope creep SBA's we should take care to ensure that we're considering all the
potential stakeholders that could be impacted by a project so let's get to it tip 1 initial project
documents such as business cases project charters and contracts are a great way to get a initial
list of stakeholders that would be impacted by a project now as bas it's important for
us to know that these are only starting points for our stakeholder analysis not an endpoint so
we take those documents use those as an initial list and then dig in further tip 2 the sponsor
the sponsor is the person that I originally identified the need so they're likely to have
some insight onto who might be impacted by the change typically bas can work with the sponsor
to do some type of stakeholder nomination where the stakeholder nominates stakeholders and then
those stakeholders can provide more defined stakeholders or stickers who might be more
suitable for that particular project tip number three a business rules analysis is a great way
to identify regulators as well as other external stakeholders who might be driving policy driven
business rules throughout the organization as well as internal stakeholders who might be impacted by
a potential change in business rules tip number four observation and shadowing not only are these
great methods of learning processes and eliciting requirements these are also great methods for
identifying stakeholders who may have been missed in original project documentation so beyond look
out tip number five organizational process assets oro pas now this is a general term that refers to
organization specific documents that can be used by the organization such as plans templates and
procedures now more specifically a document analysis can be performed on procedures and
process maps in order to identify stakeholders here you'll want to keep an eye out for
recipients and contributors of inputs outputs and deliverables that are referenced throughout
the documents tip number six another OPA is the business model canvas this is a strategic
management planning tool that is used to identify key partners customers and resources if you're
fortunate enough to work at an organization who has already developed this document it could be
a goldmine for identifying stakeholders for your stakeholder analysis tip number seven
another OPA is the lessons learned document the lessons learned document is essentially a recap
of previous projects that documents project successes failures and opportunities for
improvement these lessons learned may document or mention stakeholders that were previously
forgotten about or missed or brought in late in a previous project SBA's you're going to want
to consider these comments in your new project so that you won't make the same mistake so there you
have it there are your seven tips to identify the right stakeholders for your project if you found
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tips that you have to identify stakeholders as early in the project as possible until next time