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Stakeholder Management for Project Managers

STARWEAVER

Stakeholder Management for Project Managers

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John Sumanth Vemuri

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Intermediate level

Recommended experience

7 hours to complete
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Learn to create project charters, WBS, and stakeholder plans

  • Understand the stages of project life cycle and their practical relevance

  • Explore tools like Trello and Lucidchart for tracking and planning

  • Prevent common project failures such as poor scoping and unclear communication

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August 2026

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There are 3 modules in this course

Knowing who has a stake in your project is the starting point of every successful delivery. This module helps learners identify internal and external stakeholders, classify them, and prioritize them using influence-interest grids, persona profiles, and engagement tiers. Learners transition from informal name lists to structured stakeholder analysis, applying these ideas to a real project case and consolidating their findings in a professional stakeholder register that captures interests, influence, communication needs, and related risks.

What's included

11 videos2 readings1 assignment1 peer review2 discussion prompts

Stakeholder analysis only creates value when it is followed by deliberate communication. This module equips learners to set communication objectives, choose between synchronous and asynchronous channels, and build a communication matrix that matches message, frequency, and ownership to each audience. Learners practice setting expectations early, resolving misunderstandings, and using feedback loops, then document the approach as a formal communication plan and evaluate its effectiveness.

What's included

10 videos1 reading1 assignment1 peer review2 discussion prompts

Shared goals deliver results only when ownership is explicit. This module introduces the RACI chart as a way to define roles, responsibilities, and decision escalation across cross-functional teams, using collaborative tools such as Miro to visualize workflows, handoffs, and bottlenecks. Learners explore how trust, collaboration tools, and well-run team meetings strengthen remote and cross-functional teamwork, then apply escalation paths, accountability tracking, and conflict-resolution techniques to keep work moving and close the loop on decisions.

What's included

11 videos1 reading1 assignment2 peer reviews2 discussion prompts

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