CIPS L4M6 Exam - Topic 3 Question 22 Discussion

Actual exam question for CIPS's L4M6 exam

Question #: 22
Topic #: 3

Mendelow's Stakeholder Matrix categorises stakeholders into four groups and provides insight into how these stakeholders should be managed. What is a limitation to using this Matrix to categorise stakeholders?

ANowadays, Stakeholders fall into more than four categories

BThe Matrix doesn't consider the power these stakeholders have

CThe Matrix doesn't consider whether the stakeholder is for or against the activity

DThe categories are hard to remember

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Suggested Answer: C

The correct answer is 'The Matrix doesn't consider whether the stakeholder is for or against the activity'. For a list of other limitations of using Mendelow's Stakeholder Matrix see p.82

by Natalie at May 29, 2023, 05:35 AM

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Ollie

7 months ago

Actually, I think it still works for most cases.

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Angelo

7 months ago

The categories are hard to remember, for sure!

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Corazon

7 months ago

Wait, are there really only four categories? Seems outdated.

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Alexis

7 months ago

I totally agree, it oversimplifies things!

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Billye

7 months ago

The Matrix doesn't account for stakeholders being for or against the project.

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Micaela

8 months ago

I recall a practice question where we talked about how the categories can be confusing, but I don’t think that’s a major limitation.

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Pilar

8 months ago

I’m not entirely sure, but I feel like the Matrix does consider power, right? Maybe it’s more about how we interpret that power?

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Annice

8 months ago

I remember discussing how the Matrix might oversimplify things since stakeholders can be more complex than just four categories.

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Ira

8 months ago

I think one limitation is that the Matrix doesn't really account for stakeholders being for or against the project, which could really affect how we manage them.

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Naomi

8 months ago

Hmm, I'm not totally sure about this one. The options all seem plausible in terms of how a pandemic could impact information security. I might have to think through each one carefully before deciding which is the least likely.

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Levi

8 months ago

This seems like a classic data engineering problem. I think option C with AWS Glue and PySpark is the way to go - it'll let us easily scale the processing and take advantage of the managed service without having to worry about server maintenance.

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Mammie

8 months ago

I remember something about needing to encrypt messages for confidentiality, but I'm a bit unsure if the ESB handling the encryption is the correct approach.

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Shawnda

8 months ago

I'm a bit confused here. Since the question mentions a loss of connectivity to the neighboring switch, I'm not sure if Telnet is the best option. Maybe I should try using the Ethernet connection to troubleshoot the network issue first.

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Janine

8 months ago

I'm a little confused by the wording of the question. Can the security policies really be considered part of the "technical service contract"? I'm not sure, so I might have to guess on this one.

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