Program settings and requirement fields use role names that say what access each one grants. Four program roles control who can view and edit, and the people fields on a requirement (Responsible Engineer, Approvers, Verifiers) describe responsibility only.
Program roles
Open a program's settings to assign these roles.
Role | Where you set it | What it allows |
|---|---|---|
Program Manager (Admin) | Program Manager field | Edit the program, its settings, and all of its requirements. |
Program Admins |
| The same admin access as the Program Manager. |
Team Members (View) | Team Members field | View the program and its requirements. |
System Editors | Systems section, next to each system | Edit that system's requirements and manage who else can edit them. |
Program Admins were previously called Additional Authors, and System Editors were previously called Owners on a system. Each field has a help icon with the same description.
To let someone edit the requirements of one system without making them a program admin, add them as a System Editor on that system.
When a program has external access turned off, guest users and the "All Users" group cannot be added as program admins.
If a requirement's edit permissions list shows a person with inherited access, the source reads "Inherited from program admin access" or "Inherited from system editor access".
People fields on a requirement
The requirement's people fields describe who is responsible for what. None of them grants edit access.
Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
Responsible Engineer | Accountable for the requirement. Previously labeled Owner. |
Approvers | Asked to approve the requirement. |
Verifiers | Asked to verify the requirement. |
Status | Where the requirement is in its lifecycle. |
Hover the help icon next to a field name to see its description.
Where the Responsible Engineer label appears
The Owner field is now called Responsible Engineer everywhere you see it:
The requirement detail page and edit form
The requirements grid column, the filter, and the grouping row "No Responsible Engineer"
The `Show Responsible Engineers` toggle in the requirements toolbar
The document view, the graph view, and the CSV import field list
Word exports, where the field prints as "Responsible Engineer"
Dashboard report columns and tooltips
The dashboard person filter is labeled Person.