Robert is the business analyst for his organization and he's working with several stakeholders to...

A sponsor is a stakeholder who has the authority and responsibility to initiate, approve, support, and fund a project or a solution that will address a business need. A sponsor is also the primary decision maker and the ultimate owner of the project or the solution. A sponsor can help to define the business need, the solution scope, and the business case, as well as to authorize the actions needed to meet the identified business need. Robert needs to identify the sponsor as the stakeholder who will be responsible for authorizing the actions needed in order to meet the identified business need. References: BABOK Guide v3, page 50; CBAP / CCBA Certified Business Analysis Study Guide, page 158.