Questions tagged [stakeholders]

Use this tag for questions about communicating with stakeholders, managing stakeholder expectations and interactions, or integrating stakeholders into the project management process.

Project stakeholders are entities within or outside an organization which sponsor a project or have an interest or a gain upon a successful completion of a project or may have a positive or negative influence in the project completion.

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How to neutralize negative project stakeholders?

There are positive and negative stakeholders in every project (according to PMBOK). Positive ones will benefit from project implementation, for example their work will become more effective, more automated, easier, and more fun. At the same time…
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Who are the stakeholders in this project?

I'm developing an application that helps students to find the career that best fits their skill and personality. This is the first time that I do a survey like this, so I'm confused about who are the stakeholders of this project ? In my opinion, the…
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What format do you use to store your stakeholder register?

I'm trying to update our project management templates and tools for 2012 and looking at all the available online resources and tools. Most are obvious matches (project charters use a word processor, budgets need a spreadsheet, etc.) but I can't…
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Best way to deal with difficult stakeholders?

My CEO has moments where he is just very difficult to work with. He has a tendency to nit pick and when he nit picks sometimes he overreacts over something minor then makes a mountain out of a molehill. A few examples: I am currently product…
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