Think about a team that you are familiar with – perhaps a team you are now on or were on in the past. Try to identify the key external groups or individuals that could potentially help the team. For example, some groups might be able to provide information or resources to your team. Other groups or individuals might be able to help your team understand and respond to political or strategic issues within the organization. Still other groups might be responsible for either evaluating your team ’s work or integrating your work into their own. For each of these stakeholders, determine whether information, resources, political alignment, or task interdependence needs to be managed. Identify a team member who will interact with each stakeholder. If there are no team members with the skills or connections to manage these activities think about whom you might recruit from outside the team, whether as a full - time or part - time member, to help manage these interactions.