Hey guys, welcome to my PMP mindset series. In this video, I am going to talk about the
topic number one, which is about stakeholder identification or stakeholder involvement,
how to think about the stakeholders in the predictive mindset or in the agile
mindset. So let's go right into it, but before you understand this, make sure you download this PMP
mindset tool from my website, eduhubspot.com, and I am going to explain it to you at the end, how
to get this tool for free, of course. But let's first talk about the stakeholder identification,
basically the concept, which is more important. And who am I? My name is Varun and I am the
founder and CEO of EduHubSpot, a training company which teaches PMP, ACP, RMP, PGMP, PFMP, you name
it and we do it. So let's go right into it. So in the PMP mindset tool, the entire PMP
concept is divided into 15 sections, as I mentioned. So the first topic is about
stakeholder identification. Now, when you get this tool, make sure you go on the how to tab
to enable the macros to make sure this tool is functioning properly. This is the video
which you can watch to understand how to enable the macros or it's given in this section also.
So let's go into this, and how to get this tool. I will explain you at the end of
the video how to get this tool free of cost. Now, let's understand how you as a test taker
should be thinking in a traditional PMP question, which is the predictive side or how to think if
this question is from agile side. Okay, now first of all, stakeholder identification. How would
you think in a traditional mindset? Stakeholder analysis and identification occur throughout the
project not just at the beginning. The stakeholder register and stakeholder engagement plan must be
updated and kept current by the project manager. On the agile side, along with maintaining open
and consistent channels of communication the agile methodology places a strong
emphasis on the necessity of greater stakeholder collaboration throughout the project lifetime.
The scrum master is responsible for identifying and engaging these stakeholders. So basically
your stakeholders are identified throughout the project lifecycle in traditional mindset,
in the traditional PMP projects. Similarly, stakeholders can be identified throughout in
your agile projects also. However, what is the key difference? In the traditional projects,
the stakeholders are not very heavily involved. They may be involved at milestones,
but in the agile side, there is a greater collaboration required. Like for example,
you're talking about sprints, the product owner, which is basically somebody from
the customer side most likely, right? So that person is involved throughout,
you need greater collaboration from stakeholders. They have to review the prototypes, they have to
review the product and give you feedback, in a much, I would say easy, quicker,
faster manner. So that your product is free from bugs and you create a product which your customer
actually wants. So in agile, the stakeholders are involved, I would say like more frequently
as compared to the traditional mindset. Now, let's do one of the question on that.
Mary is a project manager in charge of an online education project. Phase one of the project is
complete. During phase two, she's receiving lot of change requests from stakeholders.
Mary's not aware of these stakeholders before. Which of the following would have prevented
Mary's confusion? So basically it looks like that there are some change requests coming
from stakeholders, and she was not aware about these stakeholders. So looks like she missed
identifying those stakeholders because Mary is not aware of, or these stakeholders are new
actually. So anything could happen. Let's see A: so the question says,
which of the following would have prevented Mary's confusion? So this is a prevention question. Keep
that in mind. There are multiple questions, all the PMP questions are scenario-based question, and
this is one of the scenario-based questions, which is about the prevention technique. So option A,
identification of new stakeholders throughout the project. I would say that if she would have done
that, then the change request would not have come. So A looks like the correct answer, but let's go,
let's read option B also. Mary should have baseline scope, which would have prevented
stakeholders from raising a lot of change requests. Now, why do we think that the changes
which are coming are related to scope? It could be related to anything else. We cannot assume that,
right? But option B is specifically talking about Mary should have baselined the scope, but in the
question know where they said that these changes are about scope. So option B is definitely out,
double click on option B. Once you click, it'll show you the option that it's right or correct
answer. So this is a wrong answer. Let's see. Option C, develop the project management plan.
Of course, Mary would have developed the project management plan, like this is like the basic thing
she would have done, so by developing the project management plan, which might not have prevented
this Mary's confusion because she would've already done that. So C is also not the right answer.
Let's double click on this and we see this is a wrong answer.
Let's see option D. Mary should have followed the change control process. Yes,
Mary should have followed, but Mary would follow the change control process only
when the change has been requested. So like it says during phase two,
she's receiving lot of change requests. So once she's receiving lot of change requests after that,
she has to follow it. But the question is about prevention, how you could have prevented lot of
change requests from happening, which clearly shows that the only option left is option A.
So out of A and D, I think D is the wrong answer, which you can see. And the correct
answer is option A. Double click on that and it'll show you that it's the correct answer.
You can understand, you can read the answer by clicking here to see the answer explanation.
This will show you the textual description of why option A is better than another. I just
recorded a video to explain it as well. You can click on this video over here to understand the
concept of why option A is better than the other. I've recorded a video and I just explained it to
you also. And there is another question, which is question number two. Now, in this video, I am not
going do question number two because I want you to practice, think about it and, yeah, do it simple.
Now, how to get this tool, what you need to do is, first of all, let's go back to the homepage
because after stakeholder identification, the next video I am going to record is
for managing the stakeholder expectations. So do look for that video. I am going to give
you the link in the description or in the end of this video, you can click and watch that.
How to get this tool for free of cost. Just go on my website, www.eduhubspot.com.
When you go on my website, you will see two options over there, either bottom right hand side,
you will see an option of chat, like click on that chat option, talk to one of my team member,
or you request a demo, book a demo and you will directly, based on the timeline,
you can connect directly with one of my team member and they're going to set up a 30-minute
zoom call with you. Now, what is the purpose of this zoom call? They are going to explain you how
to use this tool. They are going to understand your background, what you are doing, how you are
doing in your studies, and they will give you some pointers. After the end of that zoom call,
they are going to email this mindset tool for you free of cost. If you are my student or if
you are not my student, you will irrespective of that, you will get this tool free of cost.
Only thing I ask from you is go on my website and talk to them. Give us those 30 minutes,
because ultimately I want to make sure that I am impacting your life, not just by
helping you pass the PMP exam, but you know touching your hearts. That is my end goal.
And please don't forget to like and subscribe to my YouTube channel because I am going to explain
this entire 15 concepts, everything. Like before the real PMP, you have to watch these 15 sections,
wear your PMI hat in order to pass this exam successfully and don't forget to send
me an email when you pass this exam because these emails helped me a lot. It motivates
me a lot to make something as beautiful, like something like PMI mindset tool, which I did.
By the way, don't forget to watch the next video, which would be about the
managing stakeholder expectation mindset video again. And on one of the side,
you will see my favorite video, so don't forget to watch that as well. Once again,
thank you and I hope you like it. Do mention that in the comments that how was the video.