AI-generated Stakeholder Maps

Mapping the Stakeholder Landscape with Product Context Analyzer

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What is a Stakeholder Map?

A Stakeholder Map organizes stakeholders by the archetypical roles they play across the analyzed context. It shows who performs, authorizes, is affected by, is interested in, contributes to, or owns the activities being analyzed. By revealing the larger stakeholder landscape beyond today's direct users, the map helps teams identify opportunities to serve additional stakeholders and potentially turn them into direct users.

Basic steps to create a Stakeholder Map with Product Context Analyzer

1

Enter a research prompt

Specify the activity you want to analyze. The activity can be a single task, a responsibility, or a multi-phase journe

Example: Ordering Pizza for a large business meeting

Tips

Describe the activity in a single sentence without prescribing a particular product or solution.

Optionally include context such as who is performing the activity and under what circumstances.

Adding context helps make the analysis more domain-specific.

2

Click 'Start Analysis'

The analysis takes several minutes depending on the scope and number of tasks identified

3

Click on Insights on the left

Insights are synthesized views of the context-of-use analysis across tasks and stakeholders

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The Stakeholder Map combines stakeholder relationships identified across the analysis

4

Open the Stakeholder Map

Select the Stakeholder Map to see stakeholders organized by the roles they play across the analyzed context

Tips

The map distinguishes stakeholders who perform, authorize, are affected by, are interested in, contribute to, or own activities

A stakeholder can appear in multiple columns when they take on different roles

Percentages indicate how frequently a stakeholder takes on each role across the analyzed context

What can you do with a Stakeholder Map?

Look beyond your current users

See who authorizes, contributes to, owns, is affected by, or is interested in the activities surrounding your direct users.

Bring the stakeholder landscape into design

Consider the information, interactions, and dependencies involving surrounding stakeholders instead of designing only for the person performing the task.

Find opportunities to serve new users

Identify indirect stakeholders whose involvement could be supported directly through new or extended product capabilities.

Challenge your current product boundary

Use the broader stakeholder landscape to explore whether your product should support interactions or responsibilities that currently sit outside its scope.

Bring it into a product strategy workshop

Use the stakeholder landscape to discuss where expanding the product to additional roles could create new product or service opportunities.

External Resources

Origins

R. Edward Freeman, Strategic Management: A Stakeholder Approach, 1984

Established Practice

Interaction Design Foundation
Service Design Tools
Product Context Analyzer
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