15 min / beginner / 5 steps

Build a Stakeholder Map in 15 Minutes

Turn a messy list of names and roles into a structured stakeholder map, communication plan, and outreach messages. No spreadsheet required.

Every PM, consultant, and white-collar professional builds stakeholder maps manually. You open a doc, start typing names, and two hours later you have a chart nobody reads. Let's use Claude to do the thinking. You bring the context, Claude builds the structure.

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You need: A Claude account. Open claude.ai in a browser, or the Claude desktop app.

  1. step 01 / 05

    Open Claude.ai and give it your project context

    Go to claude.ai (or open the Claude desktop app). You're going to have a conversation, not run a command. Start by telling Claude what you're working on.

    Prompt
    I need to build a stakeholder map for a new project. Can you help me?

    what you should see

  2. step 02 / 05

    Paste your stakeholder list (messy is fine)

    Don't worry about formatting. Paste emails, org chart screenshots, LinkedIn titles, whatever you have. Claude will make sense of it.

    Prompt
    Project: Launching a new employee onboarding tool company-wide. Stakeholders: Sarah Chen (CHRO), Mike Torres (Head of IT), 3 HRBPs (names TBC), Aisha from Finance, CEO needs to approve the budget.

    what you should see

  3. step 03 / 05

    Ask for a communication plan

    Now turn the map into a practical weekly plan covering what to say, to whom, and through which channel.

    Prompt
    Create a communication plan from this. Weekly cadence. What should I say to each person and how often?

    what you should see

  4. step 04 / 05

    Draft an outreach message for a key stakeholder

    Pick any stakeholder you haven't connected with yet. Ask Claude to draft the first message.

    Prompt
    Write an outreach message for Aisha in Finance. I need her to approve our Q3 budget request. She doesn't know me well yet.

    what you should see

  5. step 05 / 05

    Export as markdown for Notion or Confluence

    Ask Claude to package everything into a clean document you can paste into your team's tool.

    Prompt
    Format everything as a clean markdown document I can paste into Notion.

    what you should see

go deeperSet up a CLAUDE.md for your PM workspace

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Just finished "Build a Stakeholder Map in 15 Minutes" on Claude Code Guide. Took about 15 min, and it's free: https://claudecodeguide.dev/tutorials/stakeholder-map

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