Stakeholders are defined as all individuals or groups who have an active stake or interest in the project. Stakeholders may influence project development and acceptance. Stakeholders may be internalsuch as executive management, accounting personnel, and technical or business associatesor external to the organizationsuch as clients, suppliers, or consumers. The identification of project stakeholders is key to making decisions about the appropriate type and level of communication necessary to convey project status.

Consider the development of a new mobile application that is intended for smartphone users. Identify one potential internal stakeholder and one potential external stakeholder for this type of project.

In your posting, clearly articulate the role of each of the two stakeholders (internal and external) you have identified for the project.

Describe at least one type of communication (status reports, team meetings, phone calls, public notices, etc.) that would be appropriate for each of the two stakeholders, and state the reasons for your choice of communication type