Question:
The product of your project is a human resource application that will help the company with hiring and onboarding new employees. The team will be working on requirements affecting the needs of some of the stakeholders throughout the project. The requirements of other stakeholders will only come into play during a small part of toward the end of the project. When do stakeholders have the most influence on a project?
Select one:
a. At the end of the project
b. In the middle of the project
c. Throughout the project
d. At the beginning of the project
The correct answer is: At the beginning of the project
Stakeholders have an impact throughout the project, but they must be identified and involved at the beginning of the project in order to determine their requirements and expectation. This means that even stakeholders who play a smaller role or whose requirements are addressed later in the project are included early. If this effort is not done early, the results may be expensive changes and/or dissatisfaction later in the project.