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Hi guys I have the following problem I need to choose a business sponsor,business visionary, business ambassador, solution developer and solution tester from the scenario:

John (is the marketing director) -may be available for the project and has extensive experience in the role of business analyst.

Mark (software developer)- is available for the project, he has some experience in using scrum but does not have a complete understanding of IT Architecture within the company

Steve (assistant stock controller) -has a very good helicopter view of complete stock control process and will have time to work on the project on daily basis.

Mary (the stock controller)-has a very good helicopter view of the complete stock control process but will only be available Friday afternoons.

Mike(software developer)-available for the project, he has some experience in using scrum and has extensive knowledge of various systems testing approaches.

Elizabeth(software developer)-available for project, she has no experience of Agile development, but has a good understanding of the IT Architecture within the company.

So who can John,mark,Steve,Mary,mike and Elizabeth be

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Is this a real project or a school/training exercise? – Kent Oct 9 '12 at 21:43
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I'm not sure if this question would ever benefit someone else as it stands now... – Tiago Cardoso♦ Oct 9 '12 at 22:04

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You're giving us very little information about the people, their backgrounds, and their capabilities. Likewise, we know little about the project, the people working on the project, or your organization.

Rather than asking us for an answer to this, why don't you sit down with the people in question, explain the Agile roles to them and negotiate with them what roles they will play?

In this way, they are learning about the process and more importantly, they are volunteering to play specific parts in the project. Having them commit to the roles is important. And you'll get a lot more buy-in if they understand their roles, than if you ask a bunch of strangers to assign them to those roles.

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Actually sorry for less information being provided but what I was doing is practising how I can identify particular Roles in a given scenerio so if you can still help please do so – user1658490 Oct 9 '12 at 22:06

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