[Sigia-l] Stakeholder Management

[NMCCRAVE at rochester.rr.com]

Does anyone have advice for conducting a stakeholder analysis?  How do 
you select the appropriate stakeholders and then relay this to the 
client to get their buy-in?
I'm particularly interested in any ideas for handling this politically -
 how do you tell someone "thank you for your interest, but..." and has 
this worked effectively without causing political problems?

I've had involvement in some projects lately where the number of 
stakeholders participating in weekly meetings has gotten completely out 
of hand (e.g., 25+ clients representing various departments with many 
not really contributing).  To date, this has been managed by project 
managers and just isn't working efficiently at all.

Any thoughts or examples on how to manage the number of stakeholders 
would be appreciated.

Nancy McCrave