Prioritising engagement effort where it counts.
Overview
Power/interest grid is a core building block on your path from 101 to Pro. This lesson focuses on what actually matters in practice — the concepts you will use on a real project, not exam trivia.
By the end you'll be able to recognise the pattern, apply it to your own work, and explain it clearly to stakeholders.
Key concepts
We break the topic into a handful of memorable ideas. Each concept links back to the Working with Stakeholders objective so the learning compounds as you progress through the course.
Watch for the callouts — they highlight the mistakes new project managers make most often, and how to avoid them.
In practice
Here's how this plays out on a live project. Imagine you've just been handed responsibility with limited information and a nervous sponsor. This is exactly where the concepts above earn their keep.
Follow the worked example, then try the reflection prompt with a project of your own.
Summary & next steps
You now have a working grasp of power/interest grid. Mark this lesson complete to advance your level rail, then continue to the next lesson to keep the momentum.
Practice this
Stakeholder Register
Turn theory into a real deliverable. Generate a stakeholder register with the AI tool and adapt it to your own project.
Open the generator