Stakeholder Register Template
This template records the output of identifying your project stakeholders and collates all the information required to understand the needs and expectations of each stakeholder enabling you to define the most appropriate way to manage this relationship.
This process involves assigning a category to each stakeholder that helps you classify the level of interest, influence and involvement in your project. It also documents the main requirements they want the project to meet and their expectations of what will happen on completion of the project in relation to their role and organization.
Stakeholders play a key role within any project and it is essential if you want your project to succeed that you understand their wants and hopes. Your ability to communicate in an appropriate manner with each one is critical to retaining their support and backing of your decisions. The stakeholder register enables you to document their interests in sufficient detail for you to categorize the level of communication they need and its contents.
The common definition for a stakeholder is: Any individual that has an interest in the project. It does not matter whether this interest is of a positive or negative nature.
In this definition the meaning of 'individual' encompasses both an organization and an individual. The interest they hold in the project may result from their active involvement in the project, or because they are affected by its implementation of or completion. The data held in the stakeholder register is based on acuity, observation and experience describing each one from the project's perspective.
