A company wants to perform a preliminary stakeholder analysis to assess a new program's support. What should the program manager develop?

Question

Options

• AProgram communications management plan and the stakeholder charter
• BResponsible, accountable, consult, and inform (RACI) matrix, stakeholder list, and escalation
• CStakeholder strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) analysis
• DStakeholder engagement plan, stakeholder register, and stakeholder map

• A
  4% (2)
• B
  2% (1)
• C
  11% (5)
• D
  83% (39)

Explanation

A preliminary stakeholder analysis requires three foundational artifacts: identifying stakeholders (stakeholder register), mapping and analyzing their relationships, influence, and positions (stakeholder map), and planning how to engage them (stakeholder engagement plan). Together these three components constitute a complete preliminary stakeholder analysis per PMI's Program Management Standard. Option A includes a stakeholder charter which is not a standard PMI artifact. Option B describes a RACI matrix and escalation process, which are operational tools, not analysis artifacts. Option C (SWOT analysis) can be a component of stakeholder analysis but alone is insufficient. Option D is the only choice that covers identification, analysis, and engagement planning - the three pillars of stakeholder analysis.

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