Stakeholder
A person involved with the development, management, or use of a solution
Anyone involved with a solution directly or indirectly can be a stakeholder.
Stakeholder Examples
Business stakeholders typically work for the organization and include:
- Domain or subject matter experts 
- End users or their representatives 
- Project sponsor or product owner 
Project stakeholders assume the following solution development roles:
- Business analyst 
- Architect 
- User experience designer 
- Developers 
- Testing (quality assurance) 
- Project manager 
- Operations support, such as DevOps 
Third-party stakeholders work outside the organization and include:
- Vendors of products or services related to the solution 
- Regulators 
Stakeholder References
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      Motivated stakeholders thoroughly cover the scope of a solution with meaningful requirements, resulting in a customer happy with the solution. 
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      Getting the Solution Right Business analysts act as diplomats between stakeholders and the development team on a mission to build a solution right the first time. 
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      Heroic Stakeholders Achieve Goals The secret to getting the information you need from your stakeholders is to follow the same rule good marketing specialists use: if you want customers to buy, you must tell a story where the customer is the hero—not you. 
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