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Stakeholder:
A stakeholder is an individual, group, or organization that is affected by, has an effect on, is interested in, or has concerns about something, such as an organization.
What is a Stakeholder?
Stakeholder definition: Stakeholders are groups or organizations that have an effect on, are affected by, have an interest in, or have concerns about something, for instance, companies.
Let us define Stakeholders. What is the difference between the different types of stakeholders and their roles?
Types of Stakeholders
The types of stakeholders concerning organizations are Owner/Clients (the primary stakeholders), End Users, Shareholders, Clients, Employees, Managers, Architects, Contractors, Government, Suppliers, and Chain partners.
Stakeholder Roles
The diagram shows the different roles and definitions of stakeholders.
Stakeholder Management and Moderating The Program of Requirements
Any architect, whether you're an enterprise architect or software architect, should agree on delivering certain services with their owner/client: design, construction, inspiration, review, audit, or advice.
The owner/client and architect are wise to agree on the architecture design and construction contracts. The owner/client often pays for the design and construction. The owner/client will or should inform you of which stakeholders to consult for requirements and in which domains of the solution.
As an architect, you proactively discuss with the owner/client all the stakeholders to approach and for what. It is your responsibility as an architect to moderate the Program of Requirements and gather the requirements from stakeholders. Here, you can see the importance of stakeholder management.
Stakeholder Onion Diagram
Just defining groups of people as stakeholders has no meaning. Identifying stakeholders because of their relationship with the organization and defining them is very meaningful.
A generic diagram to do that is called the Stakeholder Onion Diagram. On the Dragon1 platform, it is easy for you to model your stakeholders with a Stakeholder Onion Diagram.
Stakeholder as Entity of the Enterprise Strategy
The Stakeholder, as an entity, is part of the enterprise strategy. In the Enterprise Strategy Reference Model, you'll find the position of the stakeholder amongst other entities.
In addition, as part of the enterprise strategy, you can visualize the stakeholders via an architecture atlas with their dependencies and responsibilities towards the products and services in the organization.
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