Conducting a stakeholder analysis
Different sets of people will be impacted by the change in different ways and at different times. To increase the adoption of the change across these various groups, you will need to customize your change program to ensure that the right people participate in the right activities at the right time. In order to do this, you will start by breaking your overall group of stakeholders into smaller stakeholder groups.
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To determine who your stakeholders are and the impact they can have on the project, you will need to conduct a stakeholder analysis.
The following is a template you can use to organize and track your stakeholder groups. Take a minute to review it, and then continue reading to discover how to complete each column.
Group |
Last name |
First name |
Level of influence |
Level of impact |
Current support for change |
Required support for change |
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Each column is defined as follows. As you read through the column definitions, think about how...