Organisations as first-class
Stakeholders are companies, faculties, and agencies — not a column in a RACI spreadsheet that nobody opens.
Stakeholder management software
When a project has partners, funders, boards, and students, the job is not another task list. It is control: who sees what, who is accountable, and who only needs a status.
Keep stakeholders informed without full access
Internal PM tools treat everyone as a team member. Multi-organisation work cannot. A ministry, a rectorate, or a company board should not live in the working Gantt. They need a stakeholder view: public pages, summaries, and a map of who is in the project. See project visibility.
What you get
Roles on the project
Coordinator, partner, associated partner, observer. The structure is the stakeholder map.
AI reports for the people who will not log in
Status from the plan, written for someone who only needs the story.
EU-funded programmes
When the stakeholders are a consortium, use consortium management software.
FAQ
Is this a CRM?
No. It is stakeholder management for delivery: who is on the project, what they can see, and how you report. It is not a sales pipeline.
Can students be stakeholders?
Yes. Student groups and university partners sit on the same map as companies.