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(October 2010)| Stakeholder analysis in conflict resolution,
project management, and business administration, is the process
of identifying the individuals or groups that are likely to
affect or be affected by a proposed action, and sorting them
according to their impact on the action and the impact the
action will have on them. This information is used to assess how
the interests of those stakeholders should be addressed in a
project plan, policy, program, or other action. Stakeholder
analysis is a key part of stakeholder management. Stakeholder
analysis is a term that refers to the action of analyzing the
attitudes of stakeholders towards something (most frequently a
project). It is frequently used during the preparation phase of
a project to assess the attitudes of the stakeholders regarding
the potential changes. Stakeholder analysis can be done once or
on a regular basis to track changes in stakeholder attitudes
over time. - Primary stakeholders