Multi-stakeholder tools don't fail from bad code. They fail because nobody agrees on what the tool is actually for.
Every stakeholder brings a different job-to-be-done. The exec wants oversight. The IC wants speed. The ops team wants accuracy. Same tool, three completely different definitions of success.
The tricky part isn't building features. It's diagnosing what each person actually needs vs. what they say they need. Those are rarely the same thing.
One person says "I need better reporting." Do they need data, or do they need to feel confident in a meeting? The ask and the need live in different places.
You can't design around "I don't know what they need" — but you also can't pretend you do know until you've stress-tested your assumptions with each group separately.
Bottom line: multi-stakeholder tools are a requirements problem before they're a product problem. Solve the people puzzle first, or the tool will fail everyone equally.
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