Chapter 7

Stakeholder Management

Abstract

This chapter discusses different types of stakeholders and categorizes them into direct and indirect, positive and negative and internal and external. Two tables showing which organizations or individuals can be expected to be in the different categories and stakeholder analysis are also included.

Keywords

Stakeholder analysis; Stakeholder management; Stakeholder types
Almost any person or organization with an interest in a project can be termed a stakeholder.
The type and interest of a stakeholder are of great importance to a project manager since they enable him or her to use these interests to the greatest benefit of the project. The process of listing, ...

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