Test your knowledge: Evaluating stakeholders

Test your knowledge: Evaluating stakeholders

  1. Imagine you are a project manager for a healthcare company. When building a team for a new research project, you create a power grid to help you figure out which stakeholders to prioritize. Which box in the grid represents the stakeholders who are the key players on your team?

    • Box C (low influence, low interest)

    • Box B (high influence, high interest)

    • Box A (high influence, low interest)

    • Box D (low influence, high interest)

  2. What is the correct order of tasks in a stakeholder analysis?

    • List all the stakeholders the project impacts, determine their level of interest and influence, and find ways to involve them.

    • Find ways to involve each stakeholder, list all the stakeholders the project impacts, and determine their level of interest and influence.

    • Determine each stakeholder’s level of interest and influence, list all the stakeholders the project impacts, and find ways to involve them.

    • List all the stakeholders the project impacts, find ways to involve them, and determine their level of interest and influence.

  3. What does stakeholder analysis enable project managers to do? Select all that apply.

    • Accurately predict project outcomes

    • Avoid potential risks down the road

    • Build necessary partnerships

    • Select more impactful projects

  4. What is it called when a project manager involves stakeholders in decision-making to reach a broader consensus?

    • Stakeholder buy-in

    • Stakeholder mapping

    • Stakeholder analysis

    • Stakeholder identification