The project cycle
          Identification 
           Planning 
         Implementation 
          Monitoring 
          & Evaluation 
    STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS
                            Stakeholder analysis
                                          Type of           Inform                Consult                Partnership                  Control 
                                    participation 
                           Stage in cycle 
                                    Identification                                                Donor, Technical Units
                                        Planning    External Stakeholders    Secondary 
                                                                             stakeholders
                                 Implementation     Donors                   External             Donors, Secondary           Project leaders
                                                                             Stakeholders         stakeholders, Primary 
                                                                                                  stakeholders
                                      Monitoring    Donors                   Secondary            Project leaders, Secondary  External consultants
                                     & Evaluation                            stakeholders         stakeholders, Primary 
                                                                                                  stakeholders
        Needs assessment/Situation or GAP 
        analysis
                      Questionnaires
                        Surveys
                       Focus groups
                     Formal Consultations
                 External consultants assessments
                   Evaluation tools/methods
                     Integrated methods
                          …
                     Problem analysis (Cause and Effect)
                Secondary Cause        Primary Cause          Weakness               Primary                Secondary 
                                                                                     Consequence            Consequence
                                                              There is a human       Delay in the           Increased 
                                                              resource problem       issuance of            exporters 
                                                              for export             phytosanitary          complains 
                                                              certification in XYZ   certificates