CAPM · Question #122
What is the first step in the Stakeholder Management process?
The correct answer is B. Identify Stakeholders. Identify Stakeholders is the first process in the Stakeholder Management knowledge area because you must know who is involved before you can plan or execute any engagement strategy.
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- APlan Stakeholder Engagement
- BIdentify Stakeholders
- CManage Stakeholder Responsibility
- DMonitor Stakeholder Activity
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(27 responses)- B89% (24)
- C4% (1)
- D7% (2)
Why each option
Identify Stakeholders is the first process in the Stakeholder Management knowledge area because you must know who is involved before you can plan or execute any engagement strategy.
Plan Stakeholder Engagement is the second process in Stakeholder Management and requires the stakeholder register produced by Identify Stakeholders as an input.
According to the PMBOK Guide, the Stakeholder Management knowledge area begins with the Identify Stakeholders process. All subsequent processes - Plan Stakeholder Engagement, Manage Stakeholder Engagement, and Monitor Stakeholder Engagement - depend on a completed stakeholder register as their input.
Manage Stakeholder Responsibility is not a recognized PMI Stakeholder Management process name.
Monitor Stakeholder Activity (Monitor Stakeholder Engagement) is the fourth and final process and cannot occur before stakeholders have been identified and engagement planned.
Concept tested: Stakeholder Management process order
Source: https://www.pmi.org/pmbok-guide-standards/foundational/pmbok
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