Stakeholder register

The right way to engage your stakeholders is to do the best you can to determine their expectations (this week) and then work to meet those expectations. That is akin to having a bunch of preschoolers on a playground and trying to get them to come inside after recess. This isn't the easiest task in the world. The stakeholder register can help here. The register is the main output of the identify stakeholders process and is a very handy document to have, especially for large projects where you have people you have never worked with before or who have a different role in the current project. Mostly, you will be documenting the identification information, how you assessed their requirements thus far, and their influence and impact, as well as the classification based on the model you choose to use from the tools and techniques.

To put together an effective stakeholder register, it's best to actually talk to the individual and ask probing questions. Some...