Week 4 Assignment: Stakeholder Register Grading Rubric Failing Below Average Average Above Average Superior 0 - 60 (F range) 70 - 79 (C range) 80 - 89 (B range) 90 - 93 (A- range) 94 - 100 (A range) Topical Content & Focus (65%) Stakeholder Analysis & Register does not include all Six key columns, and/or does not includes accurate data from the Stakeholder Analysis & Register Requirements assignment. The appropriate material, as outlined in the assignment guidelines is not covered in the Stakeholder Analysis & Register, and the Stakeholder Analysis & Register requirements Stakeholder Analysis & Register includes all Six key columns, and includes accurate data from the Stakeholder Analysis & Register Requirements worksheet. A cursory description is provided outlining the process the student utilized to identify stakeholders. Most of the appropriate material, as outlined in the assignment guidelines is covered in the Stakeholder Stakeholder Analysis & Register includes all Six key columns, and includes accurate data from the Stakeholder Analysis & Register Requirements worksheet. A high level description is provided outlining the process the student utilized to identify stakeholders. All the appropriate material, as outlined in the assignment guidelines is covered in the Stakeholder Analysis & Register, and Assignment meets the expectations of ‘Average’ column, but shows a higher degree of understanding of in the interconnectedness between the various Stakeholder Analysis & Register attributes and integrates information from the readings in a supportive manner. A detailed description is provided outlining the process the student utilized to identify stakeholders. Assignment meets the expectations of ‘Above Average’ column, but shows a stronger integration with the details of the overall and provides concrete and realistic interpretations of the case study stakeholders that are appropriately defined and defended given the details of the customer’s requirements and clearly outlines the overall expectations of the client. may or may not be accurate and accurately interpreted and explained. Analysis & Register Requirements assignment are accurate and accurately interpreted and explained. the Stakeholder Analysis & Register requirements are accurate and accurately interpreted and explained. Personal Competencies (15%) • Critical thinking • Professional Writing • Quantitative analysis • Problem Solving Submission reflects little to no applicable personal competencies Submission reflects a minimal applicable personal competencies Submission reflects both applicable personal competencies in an acceptable manner Submission strongly reflects applicable personal competencies integrated throughou ...

1. Week 4 Assignment: Stakeholder Register
Grading Rubric
Failing Below
Average
Average Above Average Superior
0 - 60 (F
range)
70 - 79 (C
range)
80 - 89 (B
range)
90 - 93 (A-
range)
94 - 100 (A range)
Topical
Content &
Focus (65%)
Stakeholder
Analysis &

2. Register does
not include all
Six key
columns,
and/or does
not includes
accurate data
from the
Stakeholder
Analysis &
Register
Requirements
assignment.
The
appropriate
material, as
outlined in the
assignment
guidelines is
not covered in
the
Stakeholder
Analysis &
Register, and
the
Stakeholder
Analysis &
Register
requirements
Stakeholder
Analysis &
Register
includes all
Six key
columns, and

3. includes
accurate data
from the
Stakeholder
Analysis &
Register
Requirements
worksheet. A
cursory
description is
provided
outlining the
process the
student
utilized to
identify
stakeholders.
Most of the
appropriate
material, as
outlined in the
assignment
guidelines is
covered in the
Stakeholder
Stakeholder
Analysis &
Register
includes all
Six key
columns, and
includes
accurate data
from the
Stakeholder

4. Analysis &
Register
Requirements
worksheet. A
high level
description
is provided
outlining the
process the
student
utilized to
identify
stakeholders.
All the
appropriate
material, as
outlined in the
assignment
guidelines is
covered in the
Stakeholder
Analysis &
Register, and
Assignment
meets the
expectations of
‘Average’
column, but
shows a higher
degree of
understanding of
in the
interconnectedness
between the
various

5. Stakeholder
Analysis &
Register
attributes and
integrates
information
from the
readings in a
supportive
manner. A
detailed
description is
provided
outlining the
process the
student utilized
to identify
stakeholders.
Assignment meets the
expectations of ‘Above
Average’ column, but
shows a stronger
integration with the
details of the overall
and provides concrete
and realistic
interpretations of the
case study
stakeholders that are
appropriately defined
and defended given the
details of the
customer’s
requirements and
clearly outlines the

6. overall expectations of
the client.
may or may
not be
accurate and
accurately
interpreted
and explained.
Analysis &
Register
Requirements
assignment
are accurate
and accurately
interpreted
and
explained.
the
Stakeholder
Analysis &
Register
requirements
are accurate
and accurately
interpreted
and
explained.
Personal
Competencies
(15%)

7. • Critical
thinking
• Professional
Writing
• Quantitative
analysis
• Problem
Solving
Submission
reflects little
to no
applicable
personal
competencies
Submission
reflects a
minimal
applicable
personal
competencies
Submission
reflects both
applicable
personal
competencies
in an
acceptable
manner

8. Submission
strongly reflects
applicable
personal
competencies
integrated
throughout the
assignment
Submission reflects an
excellent use of
applicable personal
competencies
integrated throughout
the paper in a way that
synthesizes the
personal competencies
Grammar
(10%)
Writing
contains
numerous
errors in
spelling,
grammar,
sentence
structure, etc.
that interfere
with
comprehensio
n. The reader
is unable to
understand

9. some of the
intended
meaning.
Frequent
errors in
spelling,
grammar,
sentence
structure,
and/or other
writing
conventions
that distract
the reader.
Minimal
errors in
spelling,
grammar,
sentence
structure
and/or other
writing
conventions
but the
reader is
able to
understand
what the
writer
meant.
All work
grammatically
correct with rare

10. misspellings.
All work
grammatically correct
with rare misspellings.
Formatting
(10%)
NOTE: Gross
failure to
provide
PROPER
citations and
references –
particularly
with regard to
direct quotes –
will result in
sanctions as
outlined in the
academic
honesty policy.
Multiple
errors in
formatting and
document is
not formatted
in a manner
consistent
with the

11. guidelines
provided.
A few errors
in formatting
and
presentation
of material is
mostly well
done, but
either lacks
professional
formatting or
clarity.
Rare errors
in formatting
and
formatting is
consistent
through the
submission
and in
alignment
with the
guidelines
by being
presented in
a clear and
professional
format.
Virtually no
errors in
formatting and
makes good use

12. of tables
appropriately.
Virtually no errors in
formatting and makes
good use of tables
appropriately.
Part 2: Stakeholder Analysis
As noted above, Acme Company, your employer, has made
delivering projects more efficiently and
effectively one of its strategic priorities over the past couple of
years. Prior to a couple of years ago, they
talked about projects as a priority but realized they were
distributing the project management role to many
functional leads like accountants, IT developers, product
managers, research managers, and a range of
other functionally oriented titles. Ms. Jackson realized that most
of the company’s work was really project
work, and they have sought to become a more project-oriented
organization by assigning project
managers, who had received formal training, to lead these
projects.
Realizing the importance of becoming a more mature project
oriented organization, your CEO, Ms.
Jackson, charged you with creating a business case for whether
or not your company should invest in the

13. expertise and training necessary to adopt a more mature project
management approach. Your company’s
Board of Directors, who has a high level of influence and
interest in this project, has approved the
business case and the charter, and you are now charged by Ms.
Jackson with creating an initial
Stakeholder Analysis.
Upon doing a little research about current project management
practices in the organization, you discover
that your company already has two really standout project
professionals who have been underutilized:
Stephanie Smith and Marcus Lopez. Ms. Smith recently
completed a Master’s degree in Project
Management, which greatly enhanced her ability to perform,
while Mr. Lopez, who only joined the
company last year, is veteran project manager who is certified
as a project management professional
(PMP®). Individually, they have outperformed their
counterparts in the organization by an average of 8
percent in terms of efficiency and use of resources.
Initially, you thought the best route would be to hire Ms. Xin to
perform the training and implementation
consulting, but now you think you may have the internal talent
that could be used. So in chartering the
project, you want to perform a detailed stakeholder analysis to
ensure that you understand all the various
stakeholders and can develop a strong communication plan.
Present Situation:
As the Board of Directors has approved the business case your
focus will be creating a stakeholder
analysis to facilitate the development of a communication plan.
Based on a conversation with the CEO,

14. you will provide one day of classroom training each week for
eight weeks, which is a total of eight days
of classroom instruction. You will use space and resources
(technology, classroom space, etc.), so there is
direct cost associated with the location where the training will
be held.1
This is the charge of your project: to implement a training
program for project based workers (initially 40
persons) within your organization at a direct cost of $40,000 for
the training portion of the project. This is
the scope that you are currently chartering.
Your first order of business is to develop the Stakeholder
Analysis.
Stephanie and Marcus would act as co-instructors, as they have
the most project management
experience.
During the eight weeks that the class is running, they will be
devoting no more than 50% of their
time teaching the class, preparing for instruction, as well as,
providing coaching to various
colleagues. In order to be prepared to deliver the instruction,
they will need to spend one week at
a ‘training the trainer’ seminar. You believe Stephanie and
Marcus will be supportive of the
project.

15. Outsource Option:
Alternatively, your team can recommend to hire an external
trainer who is very experienced with
the PM model that your company is adopting. As part of your
contract with her, she will provide
the one day a week classroom instruction for the eight weeks,
and she will also provide an
additional day of coaching each week on-site. Her fee is priced
at $17,500. Even though you
would be using an external trainer, Marcus and Stephanie would
still need to devote roughly 25%
of their time over the eight weeks to support the trainer and the
project, so there is also cost
associated with them in this model, as well, which you will need
to account for. You believe if
you outsource the function, that Stephanie and Marcus may not
be supporters.
These are the two options for you to consider. Regardless of the
option selected, you have been charged
with having the training completed prior to the end of this year,
so that the new processes can have a fresh
implementation in the coming year.
As with any case, not all questions are directly answered, which
is very similar to the realities of real
world projects, therefore, you will need to use good judgment
and make reasonable assumptions, reading
between the lines to find those logical connections.
Finally, a special note about the stakeholder analysis. You will
complete the stakeholder register taking
into account the stakeholders listed throughout the entirety of
this case study document, the case study
document from the week two assignment, and any additional

16. information you included with your business
case. You will have to make certain assumptions to complete
this, as you will not have complete
information for all stakeholders, and this is often true for
projects at this point. You would continue to
refine and sharpen this analysis throughout the project, so make
reasonable assumptions when you don’t
have complete information. Please ensure each column of the
template is filled out in detail.
Stakeholder Position/Role
Type of Stakeholder
Stakeholder Expectation(s)
Stakeholder Interest(s)
Influence on Project Result
Stakeholder management strategies
Position in the organization or role in project
Internal or External
High level needs or expectations for the project and/or product
High/ Med/Low
Supporter/Opposed/ Neutral
Strategies and tactics to maximize positive stakeholder
influence and minimize or neutralize negative stakeholder
influence.
Preliminary Stakeholder Analysis
Preliminary Stakeholder Analysis
Stakeholder

17. Position/Role
Type of
Stakeholder
Stakeholder
Expectation(s)
Stakeholder
Interest(s)
Influence
on Project
Result
Stakeholder management strategies
Position in the
organization or
role in project
Internal or
External
High level needs
or expectations
for the project
and/or product
High/
Med/Low
Supporter/O
pposed/
Neutral

18. Strategies and tactics to maximize positive
stakeholder influence and minimize or
neutralize negative stakeholder influence.
Preliminary Stakeholder Analysis
Stakeholder
Position/Role
Type of
Stakeholder
Stakeholder
Expectation(s)
Stakeholder
Interest(s)
Influence
on Project
Result
Stakeholder management strategies
Position in the
organization or
role in project
Internal or
External
High level needs
or expectations
for the project
and/or product
High/
Med/Low
Supporter/O
pposed/
Neutral
Strategies and tactics to maximize positive

19. stakeholder influence and minimize or
neutralize negative stakeholder influence.