Stakeholder Engagement Strategies Flashcards
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A resistant stakeholder has significant political influence over the project's funding. Which engagement approach is MOST appropriate?
Answer: Engage them early and often with transparent, tailored information
High-influence resistant stakeholders require early, targeted, and transparent engagement to understand and address their concerns before they can block the project.
Which of the following BEST explains why stakeholder identification should begin during project initiation?
Answer: To ensure stakeholders can influence project design before major decisions are locked in
Early identification allows stakeholders to shape project direction while influence is highest and changes are least costly.
Which output of Monitor Stakeholder Engagement can directly trigger updates to the stakeholder engagement plan?
Answer: Change requests
Change requests generated during monitoring can lead to approved updates to the stakeholder engagement plan and other project documents.
A project manager uses a 'direction of influence' classification to group stakeholders. Which direction describes influence from a project team member upward to the project sponsor?
Answer: Upward
Upward influence refers to engagement directed toward senior management or sponsors who sit above the project team in the organizational hierarchy.
A project manager ensures all stakeholder concerns raised in meetings are recorded and followed up on. This BEST supports which principle?
Answer: Issue resolution and stakeholder accountability
Logging and tracking stakeholder concerns in the issue log ensures accountability and demonstrates that the PM takes stakeholder input seriously.
Which of the following is NOT typically included in the stakeholder engagement plan?
Answer: Detailed personal background information on each stakeholder
The stakeholder engagement plan focuses on strategies and communication approaches, not personal biographical details unrelated to project impact.
On an agile project, stakeholder engagement is BEST characterized by:
Answer: Continuous collaboration through sprint reviews, retrospectives, and frequent feedback loops
Agile emphasizes ongoing stakeholder collaboration and rapid feedback through ceremonies like sprint reviews, rather than one-time or milestone-only engagement.