Strategy
Stakeholder map template
Plot stakeholders by power and interest to decide who to manage, inform or consult.
What it is
A stakeholder map, also called a power interest grid, sorts the people affected by a project by how much power they have over it and how interested they are in it. Each of the four boxes tells you how to work with them: manage closely, keep satisfied, keep informed or monitor.
When to use it
- At the start of a change project that touches many teams
- When a project stalls and you are not sure who is holding it up
- To plan who gets which updates and how often
How to run it
- 01
List everyone affected
Write each person or group on a note. Include the people who could stop the project as well as those who will use the result.
- 02
Place by power and interest
Move each note up for more power and right for more interest. Talk through the ones people disagree on.
- 03
Plan each box
Write how you will involve each group, like a weekly meeting for Manage closely and a monthly email for Keep informed.
- 04
Move the notes as things change
Power and interest shift during a project. Check the map again at each milestone.
Opens a new board from this prompt:
"Stakeholder map for introducing a four-day work week at a 200-person software company"
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