You have started a project to establish a railroad between two neighbouring cities. The state agency that sponsors this project is heavily committed to completing this project on time and within budget. In support of the agency’s commitment, you have completed the charter and started identifying stakeholders who would support the project. You would like to gather as many stakeholders as possible and move on to the planning phase. What should a project manager do while identifying stakeholders in a project?

A. Notify the negative stakeholders to talk to the sponsor B. Identify positive stakeholders and eliminate negative stakeholders to gather maximum support for the project C. Identify positive stakeholders and ask negative stakeholders to leave the project D. * Identify both the positive and negative stakeholders and address their concerns