Stakeholder Analysis forms
To Prepare
Review the Learning Resources about stakeholders.
Review the example Stakeholder Analysis in the Learning Resources.
Determine the stakeholders for your problem (both internal and external).
The Assignment: Completed Stakeholder Analysis Form
Meet with the stakeholders associated with your practice problem. After meeting with the stakeholders, construct a Stakeholder Analysis using the Stakeholder Analysis Form provided in the Learning Resources.
Library Resources
Foster, M., Shurtz, S., & Smith, M. L. (2014). Translating research into practice: Criteria for applying literature search results to your work. Health Promotion Practice, 15(2), 157–160. https://doi.org/10.1177/1524839913511628
Hussain, S. T., Lei, S., Akram, T., Haider, M. J., Hussain, S. H., & Ali, M. (2018). Kurt Lewin’s change model: A critical review of the role of leadership and employee involvement in organizational change. Journal of Innovation & Knowledge, 3(3), 123–127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jik.2016.07.002
Jones, E. P., Brennan, E. A., & Davis, A. (2020). Evaluation of literature searching and article selection skills of an evidence-based practice team. Journal of the Medical Library Association, 108(3), 487–493. https://doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2020.865
Project Name: The implementation of staff education on obesity management to improve patient’s enrollment to weight loss program.
Stakeholder Analysis
| Project Manager | [name] |
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Stakeholder Role Profile
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For each of the questions below answer the question: “Who…?”
| Question | All stakeholders that apply. | |
| 1. | Approves funding for this project? | Chief Executive Officer. |
| 2. | Approves functional requirements? | Chief Executive Officer. |
| 3. | Approves technical requirements? | Chief Executive Officer and Providers. |
| 4. | Approves design decisions? | Chief Executive Officer and Providers. |
| 5. | Approves changes to requirements? | Chief Executive Officer, providers, and office managers. |
| 6. | Approves changes affecting schedule? | Providers and office managers. |
| 7. | Approves changes affecting cost? | Chief Executive Officer. |
| 8. | Will use the product or service produced by the project? | Patients and their families. |
| 9. | Set the organizational goals that drive the necessity of this project? | Providers, nurses, and medical assistants. |
| 10. | Will assign people to the project team and determine the hours per day they work on the project? | Office managers. |
| 11. | Approves contracts for suppliers? | Chief Executive Officer. |
| 12. | Is the manager or executive sponsoring this project (will use their authority on behalf of the project team to overcome organizational obstacles)? | Yes. |
| 13. | Will manage the project (provide leadership to assure tasks are assigned and completed on time, cost and schedule are monitored, issues are identified and resolved)? | Yes. |
| 14. | Represents organization policies governing this project? | Chief Executive Officer, Providers, and Nurses. |
| 15. | Represents regulations or laws affecting this project? | Chief Executive Officer. |
| 16. | Will have their work disrupted by this project? | Nurses, office managers, providers, front desk workers. |
| 17. | Will have to change their systems or processes because of this project? | Providers, office managers, and nurses. |
| 18. | Will benefit from this project? (If this is a large group, who will represent this group?) | Nurses as well as patients and their families. |
| 19. | Will perform the work on this project? (This includes all vendors and subcontractors as well as employees) | Nurses, providers, office managers, front desk workers. |
| 20. | Will participate in phase gate decisions to approve moving the project to the next phase? | Chief Executive Officer, providers, and nurses. |
| Stakeholder Alignment Questions
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| Name: | Title: Chief Executive Officer (Internal stakeholder) | |
| 1. | What is their contribution to the project? | The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) will contribute to the project by approving funding supplies, technical requirements, as well as functional requirements for the project. As the leader of the organization, the CEO is charged with the responsibility of directing the team towards achieving organizational goals in the proposed project (Hussain et al., 2018). |
| 2. | To whom do they report? | The CEO occupies the highest rank in leadership. |
| 3. | What authority do they have over the project? | The CEO has the highest authority over the project. |
| 4. | What is their goal for the project (what is their stake in the project) and how does it relate to their organization’s goal or other personal goals? (What makes this a ‘win’ for them?) | The CEO of the organization has a big stake in the project as the leader of the evidence-based practice team (Jones et al., 2020). His goal in the project is to ensure that the project succeeds to address the existing need. This goal relates to organizational goal in that it enhances the realization of the organization’s vision and mission. |
| 5. | Do they present a specific threat or opportunity? | The CEO presents an opportunity to change a practice issue in the organization (Jones et al., 2020) |
| 6. | What perception do you want them to have about the project? | The reception from the CEO in relation to the proposed project should be a positive one. |
| Name: | Title: Providers (Internal stakeholders) | |
| 1. | What is their contribution to the project? | The providers will contribute to the project by providing obesity management education to the nurses. The providers are charged with the responsibility of providing relevant obesity management education that will enable them to be in a position of convincing patients to enroll to the weight loss program (Hussain et al., 2018). |
| 2. | To whom do they report? | The providers report to the CEO. |
| 3. | What authority do they have over the project? | The authority of the providers is to design/develop a staff education program that will bring positive changes in the organization. |
| 4. | What is their goal for the project (what is their stake in the project) and how does it relate to their organization’s goal or other personal goals? (What makes this a ‘win’ for them?) | The goal of the providers is to see nurse learn new skills and knowledge that will enable them to improve clinical practice (Jones et al., 2020). His goal in the project is to ensure that the project succeeds to address the existing need. This goal relates to organizational goal in that it enhances the realization of the organization’s mission and vision. |
| 5. | Do they present a specific threat or opportunity? | The providers present an opportunity to change a practice issue in the organization (Jones et al., 2020) |
| 6. | What perception do you want them to have about the project? | The reception from the providers in relation to the proposed project should be a positive one. |
| Name: | Title: Nurses (Internal stakeholders) | |
| 1. | What is their contribution to the project? | Nurses are the stakeholders who will receive obesity management education offered by the providers (Lehane et al., 2019). |
| 2. | To whom do they report? | The nurses report to the providers. |
| 3. | What authority do they have over the project? | Nurses have the authority to attend the education program to make it a success (Lehane et al., 2019). |
| 4. | What is their goal for the project (what is their stake in the project) and how does it relate to their organization’s goal or other personal goals? (What makes this a ‘win’ for them?) | The goal of the nurses is to ensure that they are able to educate patients about obesity management to convince them to enroll to the weight loss program (Jones et al., 2020). This goal relates to organizational goal in that it enhances the realization of the organization’s mission and vision (Lehane et al., 2019). |
| 5. | Do they present a specific threat or opportunity? | The nurses present an opportunity to change a practice issue among patients (Jones et al., 2020) |
| 6. | What perception do you want them to have about the project? | The reception from the nurses in relation to the proposed project should be a positive one. |
| Name: | Title: Patients and their Families (External stakeholders) | |
| 1. | What is their contribution to the project? | Patients and their families are the only external stakeholders in the proposed project. They will contribute to the project by enrolling into the weight loss program following the successful implementation of staff education on obesity management (Lehane et al., 2019). |
| 2. | To whom do they report? | Patients and their families report to the nurses. |
| 3. | What authority do they have over the project? | Patients and their families have the authority to enroll to the weight loss program to facilitate the realization of the intended outcome (Jones et al., 2020). |
| 4. | What is their goal for the project (what is their stake in the project) and how does it relate to their organization’s goal or other personal goals? (What makes this a ‘win’ for them?) | The goal of patients and families is to be able to manage obesity successfully after enrolling in the weight loss program (Jones et al., 2020). This goal relates to organizational goal in that it enhances the realization of the organization’s mission and vision (Lehane et al., 2019). |
| 5. | Do they present a specific threat or opportunity? | Patients and their families present an opportunity to change obesity management practices (Jones et al., 2020) |
| 6. | What perception do you want them to have about the project? | The reception from patients and families in relation to the proposed project should be a positive one. |
References
Foster, M., Shurtz, S., & Smith, M. L. (2014). Translating research into practice: Criteria for applying literature search results to your work. Health Promotion Practice, 15(2), 157–160. https://doi.org/10.1177/1524839913511628.
Hussain, S. T., Lei, S., Akram, T., Haider, M. J., Hussain, S. H., & Ali, M. (2018). Kurt Lewin’s change model: A critical review of the role of leadership and employee involvement in organizational change. Journal of Innovation & Knowledge, 3(3), 123–127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jik.2016.07.002.
Jones, E. P., Brennan, E. A., & Davis, A. (2020). Evaluation of literature searching and article selection skills of an evidence-based practice team. Journal of the Medical Library Association, 108(3), 487–493. https://doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2020.865
Lehane, E., Leahy-Warren, P., O’Riordan, C., Savage, E., Drennan, J., O’Tuathaigh, C., O’Connor, M., Corrigan, M., Burke, F., Hayes, M., Lynch, H., Sahm, L., Heffernan, E., O’Keeffe, E., Blake, C., Horgan, F., & Hegarty, J. (2019). Evidence-based practice education for healthcare professions: an expert view. BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine, 24(3):103-108. doi: 10.1136/bmjebm-2018-111019. Epub 2018 Nov 15. PMID: 30442711; PMCID: PMC6582731.