There are many stakeholders in the environment of a government program, and most information systems have multiple features or products that will affect stakeholders in different ways. Some will see increased access to services, or better quality service. Others may experience higher costs or more competition for scarce resources. It is important to anticipate these effects before a full-blown project gets underway. Expand understanding of environment.
Most organizations are better at understanding internal dynamics than external ones.
The stakeholder analysis pays little or no attention to the internal dimension and forces you to look outside your organizational boundaries to estimate the impacts and outcomes of a new initiative. Predict potential results. The stakeholder analysis forces you to be specific about how various elements of a proposal will affect stakeholder groups. It helps you move from very general descriptions to more specific and measurable ones. Identify high-priority features, stakeholders.