Org Structure & Stakeholder Mapping

Your first major deliverable involves mapping the organizational landscape around your design system. This comprehensive analysis answers critical questions about your ecosystem and the people within it.

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Core Stakeholder Identification

Map out the following stakeholder categories to understand your design system's ecosystem:

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Creating Your Stakeholder Map

Document your findings in a visual format that shows:

1. Organizational hierarchy: Where stakeholders sit in the org chart
2. Relationship strength: Close partners vs distant stakeholders
3. Influence level: Decision makers vs implementers
4. Adoption status: Onboarded, in-progress, not started, churned

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Template Structure

Sponsor Layer
├── Executive Sponsor(s)
└── Department Heads

Core Team Layer
├── Design System Team
│   ├── Leadership
│   ├── Designers
│   ├── Engineers
│   └── Content/Accessibility
└── Extended Team (contractors, partners)

Product Team Layer
├── Strong Adopters
│   └── [Team names, product areas]
├── In Onboarding
│   └── [Team names, timeline]
├── Not Onboarded
│   └── [Team names, priority]
└── Detractors
    └── [Team names, reasons]

Support Network Layer
├── Advocates
├── Contributors
└── Friendly Competitors