An effective plan that recognizes the diverse information needs of the project's stakeholders is developed

early in the project life cycle and is reviewed and updated regularly as the stakeholder community changes.

The first version of the stakeholder engagement plan is developed after the initial stakeholder

community has been identified by the Identify Stakeholder process.

The stakeholder engagement plan is updated regularly to reflect changes to the stakeholder community.

Typical trigger situations requiring updates to the plan include but are not limited to:

§  When it is the start of a new phase of the project;

§  When there are changes to the organization structure or within the industry;

§  When new individuals or groups become stakeholders, current stakeholders are no longer part of the stakeholder community,

or the importance of particular stakeholders to the project's success changes; and

§  When outputs of other project process areas, such as change management, risk management,

or issue management, require a review of stakeholder engagement strategies.

The results of these adjustments may be changes to the relative importance of the stakeholders who have been identified.