Stakeholder mapping is the structured identification of people or groups affected by, responsible for, influential over, or needed to approve a procurement process or decision. A useful map records interests, decision rights, evidence needs, involvement timing, dependencies, and communication. It should be updated as scope changes rather than treated as a one-time list of names.
In plain English
It identifies who needs to participate, decide, advise, or receive information.
Illustrative example
At Northstar Industrial Systems, the automation-readiness team maps requesters, procurement, plant operations, finance, legal, security, ERP owners, and executive sponsors to each major decision.
- Related terms
- RACI; Decision right; Operating model; Process mapping
- Lifecycle stages
- Discover; Map; Govern
- Stakeholders
- All stakeholders