The Stakeholder Engagement AdvantageFrom Adversary to Ally — know exactly where you stand.
Thirty questions. Five stages. Ten minutes. An honest, evidence-based read on how your procurement team is engaging its stakeholders today — and the three moves that will shift the dial in the next thirty days.
- 21%
- of stakeholders fully adopt category management
- 14%
- truly understand what procurement does
- 30
- questions across the five stages
Source: Cirtuo 2024 Category Management Report
Five stages of stakeholder engagement maturity.
Score yourself 1–5 across thirty statements spanning the five stages of the Practical Procurement stakeholder engagement model (Stage 4 splits into planning and execution). We compute your maturity band, surface the stage holding you back the most, and hand you three concrete actions for the next thirty days.
Sponsorship & Mandate
Securing the right to engage
Stakeholder Identification
Knowing your landscape before you enter it
Influence & Interest
Understanding power, position and motivation
Engagement Planning
Tailoring approach to each stakeholder
Communication & Trust Building
Executing the plan and sustaining relationships
Managing, Measuring & Sustaining
Closing the loop and verifying real value
No right or wrong answers — a candid, evidence-based view of where you actually stand today.
Retake each quarter and watch your stage scores climb as the model takes hold.
See how procurement teams in your industry and geography compare with yours.
Ready to see where you stand?
Ten minutes, five stages, one clear next step. Your results are private — visible only to you and the Practical Procurement team.