Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007 Best Practices

Define Stakeholders

The very first thing you must document is the stakeholders. The term stakeholder has come to mean something very different than its original meaning. Merriam-Webster defines a stakeholder as "1: a person entrusted with the stakes of bettors; 2: one that has a stake in an enterprise." Until recently, the only definition was the first. In the modern era of engineering, the term stakeholder has come to mean those who have an interest in a project—essentially those who will gain or lose from the project. If you are following a framework such as ITIL in your environment, the term stakeholder may have already been defined for you. The following are stakeholders you will commonly need to deal with as you implement SharePoint Server ...