Sophia Project Stakeholders Tutorial Notes

1. PROJECT STAKEHOLDERS Many people will have opinions about what needs to be done, what needs to be spent, and how the work should proceed. These people are called project stakeholders because they have an interest in the deliverables. Their opinions and their approvals determine whether a project is successful or not. It will be the responsibility of the project manager to identify stakeholders and document their needs. The stakeholders will help define the deliverables of a project, and ultimately, determine the success of a project. IN CONTEXT Your group is tasked to create a new type of suit designed for astronauts on spacewalks. How do you identify the stakeholders on this project? As a project manager, the following is a list you should use to decide if someone is a stakeholder: They have an interest in the project. Perhaps, in this case, a high-level executive initiated the process to create this new space suit. They are affected by what the project delivers, either directly, or indirectly. The organization that manufactures the suit is directly affected. There is another level that is indirectly affected, which is the company that made tools for the older version. They need to create tools to support the new suit. Their opinion of the deliverables can impact the results of the project. In your case, the astronaut scheduled to wear the suit. Don't count on the support of every stakeholder when the project starts. It might be the end users who support the creation of a more flexible suit, or maybe the engineers want a suit that's easy to © 2019 SOPHIA Learning, LLC. SOPHIA is a registered trademark of SOPHIA Learning, LLC. Page