# 3.4.7 Stakeholder, ISO 42024

## Published contents

Contents1 Scope2 Normative references3 Terms and definitions4 Architecture concepts4.1 Overview4.2 Architecture and architecting4.3 Architecture design and solution design4.4 Architecture definition and communication4.5 Stakeholder concerns and architectural aspects4.6 Architecture viewpoints and architecture views4.7 Architecture frameworks and architecture description languages4.8 Architecture descriptions and architecture models4.9 Reference architectures and reference models4.10 Life cycle and life history4.11 Architecting precepts5 Architecting principles5.1 Introduction to the principles5.2 Principles about the purpose of an architecture5.3 Principles about the focus of an architecture5.4 Principles about architecting outcomesTerms
3.2 Architecting concepts
3.2.1 Architecture3.2.2 Architecture feature3.2.3 Architecting3.2.4 Architecting principle3.2.5 Architecture principle3.2.6 Architecture framework3.2.7 Reference architecture3.3 Entity related concepts
3.3.1 Entity of interest3.3.2 Solution entity3.3.3 Environment3.3.4 Context3.3.5 Enterprise3.3.6 System3.3.7 Aspect3.3.8 Dimension3.4 Architecture design concepts
3.4.1 Design (noun)3.4.2 Architecture design3.4.3 Architecture information package3.4.4 Engineering effort3.4.5 Solution design3.4.6 Solution information package3.4.7 Stakeholder3.4.8 Stakeholder perspective3.4.9 Concern3.5 Architecture description concepts
3.5.1 Architecture description3.5.2 Solution description3.5.3 Architecture view3.5.4 Architecture viewpoint3.5.5 Model3.5.6 Metamodel3.5.7 Reference model3.6 Entity life cycle concepts
3.6.1 Life cycle3.6.2 Life cycle phase3.6.3 Life cycle stage3.6.4 Life historyAnnexes
A.1 Architecture design and solution related entitiesA.2 Architecture expressed as a set of modelsA.3 Life cycle and life history conceptsA.4 Enterprise and system conceptsA.5 Duality of architectural decomposition and architectural synthesisB.1 BackgroundB.2 Aligning architecture in designB.3 Duality of architectureB.4 Pursuit of opportunities

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# Stakeholder

A role, position, person, organisation or class of these holding a right, a share, a claim or some other interest in an entity. Stakeholders can be direct, engaged in conceiving and elaborating the architecture, or indirect, affected through intervening factors.

  
- definition

  
- Term

  
- ISO/IEC/IEEE DIS 42024

  
- Last updated: 2026-10-21

## What this term settles

The definition widens the usual list beyond the people in the room. A regulator, a customer, a supplier and a future operator are all stakeholders if they have a claim or interest. It also separates direct from indirect stakeholders, which matters because indirect stakeholders are the ones most often missing from a concern register.

## What to do in your practice

Build a stakeholder register with the role, the interest, the direct or indirect status, the representative and the engagement route. For each indirect stakeholder, name the intervening factor that connects them. Review the register when the entity boundary changes.

## Who it binds

The role that owns the practice area the term governs. A definition binds nobody on its own; it binds the reader who adopts the term in a method, a description or a contract.

## Evidence an auditor or regulator asks for

- A stakeholder register with direct and indirect status.
An auditor asks whose interests were considered and how they were represented.

- A named representative for each stakeholder class.
Shows the interest has a voice, not just a row.

- The engagement record per major decision.
Proves the stakeholders were engaged rather than listed.

- The change log for the register.
Shows the register follows the entity.

Ask your teamWhich indirect stakeholder would be harmed by this architecture and has no representative in the room?

## Common gaps this page catches

- The stakeholder list is the project steering committee.

- Regulators and future operators are omitted because they are not present.

- No representative is named, so the register cannot be used.

## What to prepare before publication

Add indirect stakeholders to the current register, with the intervening factor for each. Name a representative and one engagement action. Review at the next design authority.

## Common questions

What does Stakeholder mean in ISO 42024?
A role, position, person, organisation or class of these holding a right, a share, a claim or some other interest in an entity. Stakeholders can be direct, engaged in conceiving and elaborating the architecture, or indirect, affected through intervening factors.
What evidence should we keep for 3.4.7?
A stakeholder register with direct and indirect status. A named representative for each stakeholder class. The engagement record per major decision.

## Related units

- 3.4.8

- 3.4.9

- 3.3.1

Source. ISO/IEC/IEEE DIS 42024, Clause 3.4.7, Terms and definitions. Open the official record. Retrieved 21 October 2026.
https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/en/#iso:std:iso-iec-ieee:42024:dis:ed-1:v1:en
ISO catalogue record 87510, the status, stage and page count.
Claim level: definition. The definition is in the public preview. This page states it in our own words and does not reproduce the text.

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