PMI-SP Question #178: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

Question

Options

• ADescribes classes of stakeholders based on their power, urgency, and legitimacy.
• BClassifies stakeholders based on their influence and impact.
• CDescribes classes of stakeholders based on their power and influence.
• DGroups stakeholders based on their power and interest.

Explanation

A salience model uses three values to classify stakeholders: power, urgency, and legitimacy in the project. The salience model is a technique for categorizing stakeholders according to their importance. The various difficulties faced by the project managers are as follows: How to choose the right stakeholders? How to prioritize competing claims of the stakeholders communication needs? Stakeholder salience is determined by the evaluation of their power, legitimacy and urgency in the organization. Power is defined as the ability of the stakeholder to impose their will. Urgency is the need for immediate action. Legitimacy shows the stakeholders participation is appropriate or not. . The model allows the project manager to decide the relative salience of a particular stakeholder. Answer option D is incorrect. This is a description of a power/interest grid. Answer option B is incorrect. This is a description of an influence/impact grid over the project. Answer option C is incorrect. This is a description of a power/impact over the project.

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