Who really matters? A stakeholder analysis tool

The implementation of any project requires clear thinking about the relative
importance of stakeholders in achieving project outcomes. The Victorian Department of
Primary Industries has a strong tradition in project planning. In our work, however, we found
that few project teams looked systematically or strategically at the human and social capital
resources required to deliver project goals. A literature search by the Practice Change
Capacity Development Team revealed that many of the stakeholder analysis tools available
focused on the target population for the project, not at the people resources required to
implement the project. As a result we developed a stakeholder analysis tool better suited to
project planning, which allows project teams to consider the important human and social
capital resources required to improve project planning and implementation.