According to the PMBOK® Guide, specifically within the Project Stakeholder Management knowledge area, the Identify Stakeholders process is the process of identifying project stakeholders regularly and analyzing and documenting relevant information regarding their interests, involvement, interdependencies, influence, and potential impact on project success.
The Stakeholder Register: This is the primary output of the Identify Stakeholders process. It is a project document that includes the identification, assessment, and classification of project stakeholders.
Contents of the Register:
Identification Information: Name, organizational position, location, and contact information.
Assessment Information: Major requirements, expectations, potential for influencing project outcomes, and the phase of the project life cycle where the stakeholder has the most interest.
Stakeholder Classification: Internal/external, impact/influence/power/interest (often using models like the Power/Interest Grid).
Timing: This process is first performed during the Initiating process group, immediately after or in parallel with the Develop Project Charter process, and is updated throughout the project life cycle as new stakeholders are identified or existing ones change.
Comparison with other options:
B. Plan Stakeholder Management: The output of this process is the Stakeholder Engagement Plan. It uses the Stakeholder Register as an input to define the strategies used to engage stakeholders.
C. Control Stakeholder Engagement (Monitor Stakeholder Engagement): This process monitors project stakeholder relationships. Its outputs are typically Work Performance Information, change requests, and updates to the Project Management Plan or project documents.
D. Manage Stakeholder Engagement: This is an execution process where the project manager works with stakeholders to meet their needs. The outputs include Change Requests and updates to the Issue Log and Stakeholder Register, but it is not the process where the register is created.
