Project Plan Development for a Project of Your Choice
Select a project within your degree enrolment and/or current workplace (actual, completed, to be completed or under planning - this may include a project you are actually working on or one you are thinking of implementing). Many thousands of example projects are available in the literature and online.
1. Develop a stakeholder analysis for your example project. Identify as many stakeholders as you can using Exhibit 5.3. List stakeholders by name and title where possible. Then prioritize the listed stakeholders as in Exhibit 5.4. Be very specific regarding what each stakeholder is interested in. Recognize some stakeholders may have an interest in multiple aspects of the project process or results. Create a Stakeholder Matrix (register) like exhibit 5.6.
2. Describe the activities you are using to build relationships both within your core team and with other stakeholders. Create a project decision-making guide for your project like Exhibit
5.7. List specific examples of decisions to the extent you can.
3. Create a stakeholder engagement assessment matrix like Exhibit 5.8. HEP: NSW5028/CRICOS Provider Code NSW00246M QLD03107J 2 MGT201A_Assessment_1_Case Analysis_1_T2_2016.Docx © Laureate International Universities 2016
4. Develop a communications matrix for your project like Exhibit 5.11. Be sure to use considerations in Exhibit 5.10 for ideas regarding purpose, structure, method, and timing for each communication need.
5. Document a project meeting with an advance agenda, meeting minutes, issues log, and Plus Delta form of evaluation like Exhibits 5.13 through 5.16.
The below tables serve as tools for outlining your stakeholder analysis and engagement strategy. They are samples of analysis tools and so you are expected to customize them to the unique needs of your particular project.