[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":82},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-stakeholder-mapping-101":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"authors":6,"badge":9,"body":10,"date":72,"description":73,"extension":74,"image":75,"meta":76,"navigation":77,"path":78,"seo":79,"stem":80,"__hash__":81},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fstakeholder-mapping-101.md","Stakeholder Mapping 101: Know Your Players Before You Build",[7],{"name":8},"zearøw","Guide",{"type":11,"value":12,"toc":65},"minimark",[13,17,22,25,29,32,55,59,62],[14,15,16],"p",{},"Every software project has stakeholders — but not every project takes the time to understand them. Stakeholder mapping is the practice of identifying everyone who will be affected by or involved in a project, understanding their roles, and aligning the solution to their needs.",[18,19,21],"h2",{"id":20},"why-it-matters","Why It Matters",[14,23,24],{},"Without a clear stakeholder map, projects drift. Features get built for the wrong audience, workflows break existing team dynamics, and adoption suffers. A proper stakeholder analysis prevents these issues before a single line of code is written.",[18,26,28],{"id":27},"how-we-approach-it","How We Approach It",[14,30,31],{},"Our stakeholder mapping process follows three steps:",[33,34,35,43,49],"ol",{},[36,37,38,42],"li",{},[39,40,41],"strong",{},"Identify"," — List every person, team, and role that touches the process",[36,44,45,48],{},[39,46,47],{},"Categorize"," — Group by influence, interest, and impact level",[36,50,51,54],{},[39,52,53],{},"Engage"," — Conduct interviews, observe workflows, and validate assumptions",[18,56,58],{"id":57},"the-output","The Output",[14,60,61],{},"The result is a visual map that shows who does what, where handoffs occur, and where friction lives. This becomes the blueprint for both process optimization and software design.",[14,63,64],{},"When you know your players, you build better solutions.",{"title":66,"searchDepth":67,"depth":67,"links":68},"",2,[69,70,71],{"id":20,"depth":67,"text":21},{"id":27,"depth":67,"text":28},{"id":57,"depth":67,"text":58},"2025-02-10","Understanding who's involved, what they need, and how they interact is the foundation of any successful software project.","md",null,{},true,"\u002Fblog\u002Fstakeholder-mapping-101",{"title":5,"description":73},"blog\u002Fstakeholder-mapping-101","JNGfSTG49AXnswIvlTNJRQ6euxWn9EhxNjvWwjEZzps",1777632062980]