Stakeholder :an individual or group of individuals with a common interest in the
performance of the supplier organization and the environment in which it operates. (ISO
9000-1 : 1994).
NOTE I In the context of this definition the supplier organization is the project organization.
NOTE 2 There may be conflicting interests among stakeholders.
NOTE 3 Stakeholders may include:
· customer, recipient of the project product;
· consumer, such as a user of the project product;
· owner, such as the organization originating the project;
· partner, such as in joint-venture projects;
· funder, such as a financial institution;
· subcontractor, organization supplying products to the project organization;
· society, such as jurisdictional or regulatory bodies and the public at large;
· internal stakeholder, such as a member of the project organization.