Problem 4) A project has four different stakeholders (A, B, C, and D). Each of them has the following possible outcomes based on whether they decide to impede the project (e.g., litigation, refusal to proceed).

Solution 4 Stakeholders can be classified based on their monetary interest to the company in the form of cost, revenue, etc. In this problem set, we have four different stakeholders. Let’s calculate interest of each of them. Stakeholder A : (200,000 * 8%) + (0 * 92%) = 16000 Cost Stakeholder B : (350000 * 20%) + (150000 * 35%) + (0 * 45%) = 122500 Cost Stakeholder C : (200000 * 85%) + (0 * 15%) = 170000 Cost Stakeholder D : (325000 * 12.5%) + (205000 * 12.5%) + (150000 *20%) + (0 * 55%) = 96250 Cost Now, we can see that Stakeholder C should be given more importance than all others because the cost interest is more than all others. The sequence of the stakeholder’s importance can be arranged in the same order of their cost interest in descending order from more important to less important. Suppose, stakeholder A offers for settlement, the cost involved is 16000 but the chances of zero cost are huge and so the company may deny the settlement.