The role of project stakeholders is very valuable since there is always potential for positive and negative influence of one stakeholder over another. The greater the potential influence, the greater the risk reach project goals. Knowing the weight of each stakeholder can help in focusing on the stakeholders’ needs, avoid risks, promote good relations between stakeholders, and keep integral stakeholders engaged in the project from start to finish. It’s important to ask questions about the role of each stakeholder at the inception of the project. It’s also important to really sit down and map out the contributions of each stakeholder and their potential impact to the project. When trying to evaluate and manage risks within a project, it should be noted that a lot of negative outcomes can be avoided by learning about what worked/did not work for another project in the past.