Stakeholder mapper
Who needs a different conversation?
A team is repairing a village footbridge. The sponsor can release funds; residents use the crossing every day. Their influence and their interest are different things. Put your assessments on the map, then reconsider how you will involve each person.
Try this: edit Residents’ power from 30 to 70. The suggested contact approach changes; their interests have not. These four starting assessments are invented.
Changes live only in this tab. Reloading restores the example; this tool does not save or send your entries.
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Power and interest
Select a numbered point or a row. “×2” means two people share that position; the table keeps both. A score of 50 is assigned to the high side.
Choose a point or a row to inspect its assessment.
Stakeholder list
No stakeholders yet. Add one above or restore the example.
| Person or group | Power | Interest | Grid suggestion | Change |
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What the map helps you notice
Power means the ability to affect the project; interest means concern or involvement. A high-power person may care little about today’s work, while someone with little formal power may be deeply affected by it.
The four labels are prompts for an engagement conversation. “Manage closely” suggests regular two-way involvement; “Keep satisfied” suggests checking concerns and consequential decisions; “Keep informed” suggests accessible updates and listening; “Monitor” suggests checking for changing interests. Low power is not a reason to exclude someone affected by the project.
Assumptions, limitations and source
You supply the scores. The 0–100 scale and split at 50 are conventions in this example, not measured probabilities or a validated threshold. Moving a score from 49 to 50 changes its category sharply, even though your judgement barely changed. Scores do not measure support, opposition, rights, urgency or relationships between people.
Review the map with the people concerned and as the project changes. The UK Government Analysis Function’s stakeholder-mapping guidance explains the power/interest approach and revisiting assessments. Its contact labels differ slightly; this app retains the original four labels and exposes their simple rule.
This is a repaired version of the earlier Stakeholder Influence Mapper. The underlying power/interest classification remains; clearer axes, editable entries and an accessible list make the assessment easier to inspect.