Stakeholder

A stakeholder is a party who affects or can be affected by an OpenAgile Team but who are not necessarily directly involved with doing the work (ex. customers, owners, employees, family members, advisors, and the community).

The definition of OpenAgile states that it is "is an open source, agile learning system that helps individuals, teams, and organizations learn to deliver valuable results to their stakeholders." Stakeholders, therefore, have the most important path of service to OpenAgile Teams which is to provide them with their true purpose.

OpenAgile's definition of Value indicates that it is "a characteristic deemed desirable by stakeholders". Stakeholders, therefore, provide the one, true metric against which all Value Drivers must be measured.

Performance Planning
By combining Consultative Decision-Making and iterative cycles, OpenAgile enables the continuous involvement of stakeholders and provides frequent opportunities to evaluate feedback thereby solving a common challenge to strategic planning.

OpenAgile Capacity-Building
The role of stakeholder is an important path of service evidenced by the fact that stakeholders' endorsement are required by the OpenAgile Institute if/when an OpenAgile practitioner wishes to become a certified Growth Facilitator, Process Facilitator, Mentor, Catalyst, and Trainer.