Stakeholder analysis identifies what information and relates it to the purpose of the project?

Question

Options

• ARequirements, influence, and functional department
• BInterest, requirements, and functional role
• CRequirements, expectations, and influence
• DInterest, expectations, and influence

• A
  3% (1)
• B
  5% (2)
• C
  15% (6)
• D
  78% (31)

Explanation

D is correct because stakeholder analysis is fundamentally about understanding who stakeholders are in relation to the project - what they care about (interest), what they anticipate (expectations), and how much power they hold (influence). These three dimensions together allow a project manager to prioritize engagement and tailor communication strategies.

Why the distractors fail:

• A includes "functional department," which describes where a stakeholder sits organizationally - a classification attribute, not an analytical dimension tied to project purpose.
• B includes "requirements," which are an output of stakeholder analysis (what stakeholders need), not one of the characterizing inputs used to analyze them.
• C also includes "requirements" for the same reason - requirements are derived from the analysis, not part of what the analysis measures about stakeholders.

Memory tip: Think I.E.I. - Interest (do they care?), Expectations (what do they want to happen?), Influence (can they affect the project?). Requirements are what you produce from the analysis - they come after, not during, the stakeholder identification phase.

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