VER DISCO Stakeholder Interviews Stakeholder Interviews are a semi-structured conversation with individuals across various groups who have vested interested in the project. The goal of stakeholder interviews are to gather insights to drive the project's success and identify influencers both positive and negative within the organization. How To Perform Stakeholder interviews can be done in small groups, one to one sessions and/or via online surveys. This technique works best when done by one or two interviewers and one or two participants. Large groups of participants can get unruly. However time may not be on your side to run all interviews in small groups. Steps to Perform Stakeholder Interviews 1. Identify Stakeholders to interview across the organization (Executives/Sales/Marketing/IT/Support) 2. Confirm/validate Stakeholder list with Customer Project Sponsor 3. Develop interview questions through directed topics (refer to Stakeholder Interview Sample Questions) 4. Test interview questions with internal team, gain feedback, refine if needed throughout the interview process 5. Collect information by taking notes and audio or video recordings. In some instances, this might be best done during the interviews