With limited frontline experience, Marty was nominated for this project given his policy credentials and attention to detail. And as head of his state government policy unit, Marty certainly got things done. Of course with a stable team of only three, there was very little dissent as everyone seemed to get along just fine, which certainly created a productive working environment. As Marty prepared for his first stakeholder meeting, he knew exactly how he would engage with, manage and control this cohort of project stakeholders. Not only did he need to work with the government ministers, advisers, the governance committee, project board, different department heads across the state and industry bodies; he would also be dealing with senior managers, consultants, SMEs and junior staff from different departmentsin short, a dynamic mix of roles, egos, agendas and influence. Discuss in detail the theory related to project stakeholder management. The benefits/role of stakeholders. Stakeholder identification, Stakeholder categories, Analyse stakeholders, Plan stakeholder engagement, Manage stakeholder engagement. Apply the theory to the project. Evidence of case study application