PMP · Question #1131
A project manager has been assigned to a global project involving regulatory bodies, government agencies, internal company leaders, the project team, and end users. What should the project manager…
The correct answer is D. Analyze the stakeholders. To effectively engage a diverse group of stakeholders in a global project, the project manager must first understand who they are and their interests.
Question
A project manager has been assigned to a global project involving regulatory bodies, government agencies, internal company leaders, the project team, and end users. What should the project manager do to engage them all effectively?
Options
- AGather business requirements.
- BCheck lessons learned from past projects.
- CRemove any bias that exists on the team.
- DAnalyze the stakeholders.
How the community answered
(38 responses)- A5% (2)
- B3% (1)
- C13% (5)
- D79% (30)
Why each option
To effectively engage a diverse group of stakeholders in a global project, the project manager must first understand who they are and their interests.
Gathering business requirements is a project activity that occurs after understanding stakeholders and their needs, focusing on project deliverables rather than initial stakeholder engagement.
Checking lessons learned is valuable for planning and risk identification but does not directly address the initial strategy for engaging current, diverse stakeholders.
Removing bias is important for team dynamics and decision-making but is not the immediate first step for engaging all stakeholders, especially external ones, in a global project.
Analyzing stakeholders is the foundational step for any project manager to understand all involved parties, their influence, interest, and potential impact on the project, enabling tailored engagement strategies. This analysis helps in identifying their expectations, power, and level of involvement, which is crucial for successful communication and management.
Concept tested: Stakeholder identification and analysis
Source: https://www.pmi.org/pmbok-guide-standards/foundational/pmbok/understanding-stakeholders
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Community Discussion
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Yuki V.Nov 9, 2025D is the correct answer here. When you have that many distinct groups with different levels of power and interest, analyzing stakeholders is always your first move so you can build a real engagement plan. The other options might happen later, but you literally cannot gather requirements or check lessons learned effectively until you know who your stakeholders are and what they care about. The memory hook that got me through was: before you talk to the crowd, you have to know who is in it.
Ola B.Nov 11, 2025D is right and Yuki's hook is solid, but I would add that once you identify those stakeholders, spin up a quick power/interest grid in a spreadsheet or wiki page so you can actually visualize the engagement strategy instead of keeping it all in your head.
Grace U.Nov 4, 2025D is the right call here. With this many diverse groups, you need a stakeholder analysis to understand each one's interests, influence, and communication preferences before you can engage them effectively.
Ola B.Nov 5, 2025D is correct but spin up a quick power/interest grid in a spreadsheet to actually map those stakeholders out, because the analysis part clicks way faster when you see the quadrants populated with real names instead of just reading about it.
Ola B.Oct 27, 2025D is the only answer that actually addresses the "engage them all" part of the question. You can't engage a massive, diverse group like that until you have done a proper stakeholder analysis to figure out who holds what power and interest. A is tempting because gathering requirements sounds productive, but you don't even know whose requirements to gather until you have mapped out the stakeholders. I always tell folks to spin up a quick power/interest grid in a sandbox when practicing this, it makes the logic click.
Grace U.Oct 28, 2025Agreed on D, and worth adding that the power/interest grid also reveals which stakeholders need just awareness versus active involvement, which is what makes engagement actually manageable instead of overwhelming.