Stakeholder Map

Stakeholder Map

Preparing Stakeholder Map in MS Excel

As an IT business Analyst when you start your Business Analysis activity you identify all the stake holders of the project. You can prepare a stakeholder map at this sgtage.
Let us  learn how to prepare a Stakeholder Map in Microsoft Excel. Before we take up the exercise some salient points about stakeholder maps

• Stakeholder map is a visual snapshot of the stake holders of the project.
• Stakeholder map is  one of the first outputs produced by a Business Analyst while he is working on a project. For other outputs CHECK THIS OUT
• Stakeholder map is useful when there are a large no of stakeholders on a project, from whom you have to elicit requirements
• A stakeholder map of a project  is a  can be shared with stakeholders and published on your project intranet
• You should share the stake holder map with your super bosses as well. Say in a e-mail. (So you will not be out of sight  )

Exercise : As a Business analyst you are working on "Bazooka Project" . Bazooka project is an ERP implementation at a client. The client has organised its business in 3 Business Units : Corporate, Business and Marketing. Business Units have Departments and Departments have stakeholder representatives from whom you will elicit requirements.
Bazooka : BUs, BUs have Departments, Departments have Stakeholder Reps

Stakeholder Map Data

Steps to be followed to prepare Stakeholder Map Diagram
1) Prepare the data in your excel file
2) Select the data . (Last column where 1 is mentioned is important don't miss that , change that number for some stakeholders and see how the chart re-sizes itself)
3) Go to Insert Tab --> Select Hierarchical charts select Sunburst
4) Your Stakeholder Map (Through Excel Sunburst Chart) is ready

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