Stakeholders

To approach human practices and identify who our project will affect and who will affect us, we began by asking questions. We wanted to create a diagnostic for testing multiple biomarkers. The main question for identifying stakeholders is: Who?

1. Who would know more about our biomarkers and their associated conditions?
2. Who would be most impacted by our work?
3. Who would be in contact with patients?
4. Who are our competitors?
5. Who would be involved with the development?
6. Who would help us produce this?

After asking these questions, we thought of some general answers, which we organized into stakeholder groups. Creating a stakeholder diagram helped us visualize exactly what we needed to learn and from which communities we needed to reach out to.

After categorizing our stakeholders, we began brainstorming who specifically to reach out to. We looked to people connected to Penn State, friends of friends, sponsors, and others from relevant organizations. Soon enough, we began reaching out and having meaningful discussions! Head to the Human Practices page to see what we learned and how we applied our findings to our project.