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Effective stakeholder management often determines project success more than technical execution, making this document essential for navigating organizational complexity.\n\n## When to Use\n\n- At the start of a new project or initiative to map the landscape\n- When taking over an existing project from another PM\n- Before major decision points that require cross-functional buy-in\n- When experiencing resistance or misalignment mid-project\n- During organizational changes that shift stakeholder dynamics\n- When preparing communication strategies for launches or changes\n\n## Instructions\n\nWhen asked to create a stakeholder summary, follow these steps:\n\n1. **Identify All Stakeholders**\n   List everyone with a stake in the project: sponsors, approvers, contributors, consumers of the output, and those affected by changes. Cast a wide net initially.you can prioritize later. Include both individuals and groups.\n\n2. **Assess Influence and Interest**\n   For each stakeholder, evaluate their influence (power to affect the project) and interest (how much they care about outcomes). This determines how much attention each requires.\n\n3. **Understand Their Perspective**\n   Document what each stakeholder needs from the project, what concerns or risks they perceive, and what a successful outcome looks like to them. When possible, validate these directly through conversation.\n\n4. **Map Relationships**\n   Identify key dependencies, alliances, and potential conflicts between stakeholders. Understanding who influences whom helps you navigate organizational dynamics.\n\n5. **Categorize by Engagement Level**\n   Based on influence and interest, determine the appropriate engagement approach: actively manage, keep satisfied, keep informed, or monitor. Different stakeholders need different levels of attention.\n\n6. **Plan Communication**\n   For high-priority stakeholders, define communication cadence, preferred channels, and key messages. Good stakeholder management is proactive, not reactive.\n\n7. **Identify Risks and Mitigations**\n   Note where stakeholder concerns could derail the project and plan how to address them. Early attention to resistant stakeholders prevents surprises.\n\n## Output Format\n\nUse the template in `references/TEMPLATE.md` to structure the output.\n\n## Quality Checklist\n\nBefore finalizing, verify:\n\n- [ ] All significant stakeholders are identified (not just obvious ones)\n- [ ] Influence and interest assessments are realistic, not wishful\n- [ ] Concerns are documented from stakeholder's perspective, not dismissed\n- [ ] Relationships and dependencies are mapped\n- [ ] Communication plan is specific and actionable\n- [ ] Resistant stakeholders have mitigation strategies\n\n## Examples\n\nSee `references/EXAMPLE.md` for a completed 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