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title: Stakeholder Matrix
description: "Every improvement changes someone’s work, and change creates resistance. The stakeholder matrix shows who can make or break your project, so you know where to invest your time. Watch the short video, then work with the toolkit PDF: it explains…"
url: "https://skillagility.com/en/resources/stakeholder-matrix/"
updated: "2026-10-07"
category: 01 DEFINE
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# Stakeholder Matrix

Every improvement changes someone’s work, and change creates resistance. The stakeholder matrix shows who can make or break your project, so you know where to invest your time. Watch the short video, then work with the toolkit PDF: it explains the method, shows a worked example and gives you a blank template to fill in.

Tool video

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## Stakeholder Matrix in short

1. **List your stakeholders.** Use brainstorming, the org chart, your SIPOC and interviews.
2. **Rate power and interest.** Power: high, moderate or low. Interest: unaware, against, neutral, supporter or partner.
3. **Place them on the grid.** Each stakeholder lands in one of the four quadrants.
4. **Plan communication.** Decide what each stakeholder needs to know, when and how.
5. **Update regularly.** Power, interest and attitude change during the project.

Key points

- Stakeholders can make or break your project.
- Place them by power and interest.
- Plan communication for each quadrant.
- Update the matrix as the project moves on.

**Related tools:** [SIPOC](https://skillagility.com/en/resources/sipoc/) · [In/Out-Frame](https://skillagility.com/en/resources/in-out-frame/) · [Project Charter](https://skillagility.com/en/resources/project-charter/)