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Key Player

Impacted

Interested, but not directly impacted

Meet their needs

Focus efforts on this group

Engage as potential supporter/good will ambassador

Minimal outreach

  • Engage and consult on interest area
  • Try to increase level of interest
  • Involve in governance / decision making bodies
  • Engage and consult regularly
  • Involve in low risk areas
  • Keep informed and consult on interest area

Inform via general communications  (newsletters, website, wiki, mail shots)

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Other Tips (lightbulb)

  • Use past stakeholder information – referring to previous similar projects can save time and flag stakeholders risks, liabilities, or unresolved issues that can then be included in the analysis.
  • Consider the entire project lifecycle – it is important to remember that both stakeholders and their interests may change as the project progresses. As a Project Manager you should involve stakeholders at all stages of your project.
  • People matter - although stakeholders may be both organizations and people, ultimately you can only communicate with individual people. Make sure that you identify the correct individual stakeholders within each stakeholder group.
  • Communication to particular groups – two groups on campus that may be particularly useful to communicate with when leading a community wide project are the departmental Administrative Officers (aos@mit.edu) and the Financial Officers (ao-fo@mit.edu).

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(tick)  Other Tips

  • Use past stakeholder information – referring to previous similar projects can save time and flag stakeholders risks, liabilities, or unresolved issues that can then be included in the analysis.
  • Consider the entire project lifecycle – it is important to remember that both stakeholders and their interests may change as the project progresses. As a Project Manager you should involve stakeholders at all stages of your project.
  • People matter - although stakeholders may be both organizations and people, ultimately you can only communicate with individual people. Make sure that you identify the correct individual stakeholders within each stakeholder group.
  • Communication to particular groups – two groups on campus that may be particularly useful to communicate with when leading a community wide project are the departmental Administrative Officers (aos@mit.edu) and the Financial Officers (ao-fo@mit.edu).