Identifying your stakeholders in your project
is extremely important.
And in this video,
and I'm going to teach you
how you can identify your stakeholders.
Now, before we jump into the video,
I have something for you which is really important,
six basics for your project
to ensure that you're not struggling.
And I'm going to tell you how to do that
or how to get it at the end of the video.
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let's learn how to identify stakeholders.
Who are project stakeholders?
Now, before I even get into how to identify them,
let's first understand who they are.
So project stakeholders are any individual
who has some sort of influence on the project
whether that's a direct influence or an indirect influence,
but they are somehow engaged in the project.
Now, there's two types of stakeholders.
There's internal and external stakeholders.
So some internal stakeholders
could very well be the sponsor, steering committee,
senior executives who have a vested interest.
Project team members,
they're stakeholders as well
even though they're project team members.
Some external stakeholders could be an external customer
that you're delivering to.
It could also be a supplier
that you are bringing into the project
and who will be a project team member,
but yes, they are external
and they have different hoops they have to jump through.
So those are some examples of the internal
and external stakeholders.
Really, just remember,
anyone who touches the project in some form or fashion
whether it is detailed or just from an information
and guidance perspective,
they're considered stakeholders.
Review your project documents.
So now that you know who to be looking for,
how do you find out for sure who your stakeholders are?
Your project documents are a wealth of information,
so do not ignore them.
Look at your charter.
Your charter is one of your fundamental documents.
It's going to really focus on the internal stakeholders.
You want to also look at business cases
that was created in order to do this particular project
that you're working on.
That usually has a really good
external stakeholder list in there
usually revolving around the customer.
There may be some other documents as well.
Sometimes, I use my WBS as a breakdown
and I can really highlight what are some other areas
that I may have been missing.
But there are documents that exist
that are really going to be helpful.
And then not only from a document perspective,
checking with your sponsor too,
which is part of your documents
because they're the ones
that have helped you create that charter.
They may have some additional insight for you
regarding some additional stakeholders.
Try to list them all down.
It's so important that you don't miss out
'cause every stakeholder has a different need
and you want to ensure all those needs are at least
identified and you're going to decide how best to approach
them, it, their needs.
Conduct a brainstorming session.
You have a project team.
Use them.
This is why you're together as a team.
You're there not just to execute tasks,
but you're there to collect more information.
And part of your project ought to be change management
and part of change management always is
on stakeholder identification.
So this is another place that you can use.
And you do that through brainstorming with your team.
So you do an activity
and you really find out with your team
who are the other players.
Everyone just kind of starts brainstorming
and throwing it out there sometimes with sticky notes.
It doesn't have to be a super organized activity.
It's just more of who are you touching,
let's kind of mark this down
and really think about the hands
that things get passed with.
So sometimes I can do a SIPOC with the ins and outs
which identify stakeholders,
which is a really good tool.
By the way, I have a YouTube video on that.
Just search Adriana Girdler on the YouTube bar, SIPOC,
and that is a nice way
to really help with stakeholder identification.
But doing anything where you can brainstorm with your team
because again, they may have additional insights.
Now, what's really cool
when you do brainstorm with your team
is they also may give you some ideas
as how important are those stakeholders
from a communication standpoint and information,
which again, is the next thing you are going to have to do,
but is a completely different topic
'cause we're just talking about identification here.
But again, that identification is the key to kick you off
on the other activities you're going to need to do
in order to ensure a successful project communication
with all of your stakeholders.
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