You have been working as a Business Analyst on a project for 6 months. The goal of the project is to implement a new Human Resource Management Solution that will manage employee records and performance management processes more effectively than the current manual processes. Jeremy, the HR Executive is the sponsor for the project and asked you to provide an overview to the new Business Analyst who just joined the project and to introduce her to the other stakeholders involved with the project. Kami, the new Business Analyst is very interested to meet people and you promised to introduce her to everyone during the team meeting. Craig is the first person at the meeting. He is responsible for ensuring all deliverables are delivered on time and on budget. Sam walks in with her usual coffee in hand and gives a general sigh about being too busy to explain to the vendor team that the human resources policies and procedures in this company are simply more complex than other companies. The software vendor manager, Brian, is only concerned with delivering what they have available today in their solution; he is not very interested in understanding the nuances of this companys policies and special procedures. This means that Cassie, the Change Manager, will have her hands full when implementing the solution in the Human Resources team. You have not had the opportunity to introduce Kami to the HR Operational Manager or the Test Lead yet but promise to do so after the meeting. You must run off after the meeting to continue a workshop that defines the capabilities and qualities of the requirements to ensure that all stakeholder requirements are being met. You gave Kami the information regarding the goals and expected outcomes for the initiative to allow her to become more familiar with it before you introduce her to more people.

a) Describe the stakeholder type that best describes the role that Craig plays? b) What is the stakeholder type that best describes Cassie, the change manager? c) Who controls the budget and scope of the project? d) Describe the types of requirements that are being defined in the workshop you are heading?