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Stakeholder engagement

Meaning in project management, with examples

/ˈsteɪkhoʊldər ɪnˌɡeɪdʒmənt/nounCommon term

In project management, stakeholder engagement means: The ongoing work of involving stakeholders in a project: understanding their needs and concerns, communicating with them and keeping their support.

In Turkish: paydaş katılımı, paydaş yönetimi, paydaşların sürece dahil edilmesi

How it is used

A key area in PMI's standards and in large projects. People plan, improve and measure stakeholder engagement, and often prepare a stakeholder engagement plan. It goes beyond sending information; it means two-way communication.

Example sentences

  1. Poor stakeholder engagement in the early stages is why the store managers resisted the new system.

  2. Our stakeholder engagement plan includes monthly workshops with the regional teams.

Common collocations

  • stakeholder engagement plan
  • improve stakeholder engagement
  • stakeholder engagement strategy
  • stakeholderAny 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.
  • 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.
  • buy-inReal agreement with and support for a plan or decision from the people it affects, so that they are willing to help make it work.

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