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Stakeholder

Meaning in project management, with examples

/ˈsteɪkhoʊldər/nounCore term

In project management, stakeholder means: Any person or group that is affected by a project or can influence it, such as the client, users, managers, suppliers or the project team itself.

In Turkish: paydaş, ilgili taraf

How it is used

Used in planning documents, meetings and reports. Project managers identify, map, inform and engage stakeholders. Key stakeholders are the most important ones, usually people with decision power or a strong interest.

Example sentences

  1. Before we finalise the design, we need feedback from all the key stakeholders.

  2. The finance team is an important stakeholder because the new system changes their month-end process.

Common collocations

  • key stakeholders
  • identify stakeholders
  • stakeholder map
  • keep stakeholders informed
  • internal stakeholders
  • project sponsorA senior manager who owns the business reason for a project, secures its funding, makes the big decisions and supports the project manager when problems need higher authority.
  • stakeholder engagementThe ongoing work of involving stakeholders in a project: understanding their needs and concerns, communicating with them and keeping their support.
  • communication planA document that sets out who needs what information about the project, when and how often they get it, through which channel and who is responsible for sending it.
  • manage expectationsTo make sure that clients, sponsors or users have a realistic idea of what will be delivered, when and at what quality, so they are not disappointed later.

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