The UK military (amongst others) map stakeholders into one of four categories: Responsible, Accountable, Consulted and Informed. (RACI) [0]. Stakeholders tend to sit up and take notice if they think they might be Responsible let alone Accountable for something.
Note: the distinction between Responsible and Accountable is really important but not always understood. If a manager puts an untrained employee in charge of something, it is the manager who should be accountable when something bad happens, not the employee.
Note: the distinction between Responsible and Accountable is really important but not always understood. If a manager puts an untrained employee in charge of something, it is the manager who should be accountable when something bad happens, not the employee.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Responsibility_assignment_matr...