Stakeholders Analysis

Question 1

people or organizations who either (a) stand to be affected by the project or
(b) could ‘make or break’ the project’s success. They may be winners or losers, included or
excluded from decision-making, users of results, participants in the process.

Answer 1

Stakeholders

Question 2

identification of a project’s key stakeholders, an assessment of
their interests in the project and the ways in which these interests may affect a project.

Answer 2

Stakeholder analysis

Question 3

reason for doing a stakeholder analysis

Answer 3

• which individuals or organizations to include in your coalition (although its composition may
  evolve during project design and implementation)
• what roles they should play and at which stage
• who to build and nurture relationships with
• who to inform and consult about the project

Question 4

Matrix for prioritising key stakeholders:

Answer 4

• Who stands to lose or gain significantly from the project?
• Whose actions could potentially affect the project’s success?

Question 5

position each one at the appropriate point between the axes.

Answer 5

• ‘Importance’, along the x
  axis, means the degree to which a stakeholder stands to lose or gain from the project.
• ‘Influence’, along the y axis, refers to the relative ability of a stakeholder to affect project
  success.

Question 6

the most important stakeholders and their interests should be represented
on your coalition. You should likewise ensure that the interests of the strongest stakeholders
in Box B are represented on the coalition.

Answer 6

Box A

Question 7

probably want to build and nurture relationships with the most influential stakeholders

Answer 7

Box C, to ‘keep them on board’.

Question 8

only consider the most important stakeholders from

Answer 8

boxes A, B and C

Question 9

Attractive feature of SA

Answer 9

postmodern, pluralist and constructivist