‫Identifying your key stakeholders is important for proper communication.
‫Let's start off by discussing the definition of a stakeholder your stakeholders will be those key people
‫who have any direct or indirect inputs or whose department is directly or indirectly impacted by this
‫particular program or project that you're running.
‫Stakeholders can be your team, your leadership, corporate accounting, your project manager or your
‫customer.
‫Think about who this particular project will impact, and we will go deeper into this at the end of
‫this section.
‫Let's visualize it.
‫Who has any input for this particular project?
‫And then where is the output going for this project?
‫So if we make a diagram and we map these things out, you should be able to quickly identify some key
‫stakeholders taking this particular template into a meeting and having a conversation with your team
‫to help you create and finalize the list of people who need to understand and be in the know of your
‫project.
‫Throughout the program, you will engage your stakeholders.
‫This is all about communication and of course, keeping your stakeholders involved and the know what's
‫happening as far as the status of your project and where you are in your budget.
‫And it's definitely important in those day to day meetings, no matter if it's a weekly meeting, monthly
‫meeting or whatever the cadence says, you always would like to keep those stakeholders updated.
‫Maybe have some sort of meeting minutes they can refer back to.
‫And at times, stakeholders may be a bit too busy to attend those day to day meetings, but they do
‫need to understand, possibly on their own time, what's happening with this particular program or project.
‫Be sure to keep them in the know invited on all emails and any types of meetings.
‫And keep in mind when referencing meeting minutes or project documentation, where are the documents
‫and templates located?
‫Are they on your SharePoint, possibly on a local drive?
‫Insurance stakeholders know the location and have access should be a continual reference point for project
‫meetings.
‫You never know when they'll have time to pop in and really get some input.
‫But you should also schedule some one on one time.
‫Think back to what your company policies are around this as well.
‫You might want to schedule some sort of leadership meeting or stakeholder engagement meeting to give
‫an update of where you are in this project.