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Documents stakeholder needs, concerns, influence, relationships, and engagement plans for projects. Use when starting initiatives, handling changes, or ensuring alignment.
npx claudepluginhub product-on-purpose/pm-skills --plugin pm-skillsHow this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
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/pm-skills:discover-stakeholder-summaryThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
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Identifies project stakeholders by category, assesses power/interest/attitude, generates registers, power/interest matrices, RACI charts, and communication plans using BABOK techniques.
Builds power/interest stakeholder maps, classifies by influence/engagement, recommends quadrant strategies, and generates communication plans/tables. For launches, team alignment, stakeholder management.
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A stakeholder summary documents the people and groups who have interest in or influence over a project, capturing their needs, concerns, and relationships. Effective stakeholder management often determines project success more than technical execution, making this document essential for navigating organizational complexity.
When asked to create a stakeholder summary, follow these steps:
Identify All Stakeholders List everyone with a stake in the project: sponsors, approvers, contributors, consumers of the output, and those affected by changes. Cast a wide net initially.you can prioritize later. Include both individuals and groups.
Assess Influence and Interest For each stakeholder, evaluate their influence (power to affect the project) and interest (how much they care about outcomes). This determines how much attention each requires.
Understand Their Perspective Document what each stakeholder needs from the project, what concerns or risks they perceive, and what a successful outcome looks like to them. When possible, validate these directly through conversation.
Map Relationships Identify key dependencies, alliances, and potential conflicts between stakeholders. Understanding who influences whom helps you navigate organizational dynamics.
Categorize by Engagement Level Based on influence and interest, determine the appropriate engagement approach: actively manage, keep satisfied, keep informed, or monitor. Different stakeholders need different levels of attention.
Plan Communication For high-priority stakeholders, define communication cadence, preferred channels, and key messages. Good stakeholder management is proactive, not reactive.
Identify Risks and Mitigations Note where stakeholder concerns could derail the project and plan how to address them. Early attention to resistant stakeholders prevents surprises.
Use the template in references/TEMPLATE.md to structure the output.
Before finalizing, verify:
See references/EXAMPLE.md for a completed example.