stakeholder-analysis

Runs a stakeholder analysis on the power-interest grid (Mendelow, 1991) to map who affects or is affected by an initiative and decide where engagement effort should go. Each stakeholder is placed by power and interest and read for stance, interests, fears, and influence over others. Catches the failure where effort is spread evenly instead of following leverage; the output is an engagement plan, not just a map.

The two axes, the four quadrants and their engagement strategies, the stance and influence-network dimensions, and the pitfalls live in references/stakeholders.md. Load that file before analyzing and follow the power-versus-interest and check-don't-assume rules exactly.

When to use

The user is launching or steering a project, change, decision, or rollout and needs to know who matters, where they stand, and how to bring them along: who to involve, who to keep satisfied, who could block it, and who to win over. It feeds change-management work and the adoption-risk lens of a pre-mortem (a key player turned blocker is a classic way initiatives fail); run it before or alongside those when the risk is people rather than technical execution.

Language

Conduct the session and write the report in the language the user is writing in. The reference file is English; keep the framework, axes, and quadrants keyed to it regardless of the output language.

Inputs

• INITIATIVE (required): the project, change, or decision whose stakeholders are being mapped. Push for a defined thing with a defined outcome, since "the reorg" is easier to map than "our strategy".
• CONTEXT (optional): the phase the initiative is in, what success actually requires, and any known tensions or factions. Sharpens both the stakeholder list and the engagement plan.