Stakeholder Map
A stakeholder map identifies everyone a design affects, from the main user to people it touches indirectly, and what each of them needs.
Intermediate◷ 20–30 minFree · no login
Who does your design affect, and what do they need?
How to use it + an example
How to use it
- 1Put the design at the centre and the main users in the first ring.
- 2Add people affected indirectly (makers, cleaners, parents, neighbours) in the outer rings.
- 3Note one need or concern for each and flag any needs that conflict.
Example
For a school garden redesign, the map adds the groundskeeper and the canteen, and the conflict between easy mowing and raised beds becomes a design constraint.
When to use it: Early in a project, to widen the view beyond one user before writing the design brief (MYP Design Criterion A).
Discover: Find out what's really going on.
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👥 Stakeholder Map
Identify everyone affected by your design. Place them by influence and interest. Work out what they need — and where those needs collide.
Look back. Who did you nearly leave off the map?
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For teachers: Discover stage · 20-30m. Free, no login. One of the 45 design thinking tools on StudioLoom, which also puts them inside lessons so students’ thinking is saved with their project.