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Managing Team Member & Manager Permissions

WorkBoard permissions, team permissions, workstream permissions, okr permissions, update permissions, change workboard permissions, team p...

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WorkBoard permissions, team permissions, workstream permissions, okr permissions, update permissions, change workboard permissions, team perms, team roles, member roles, change member roles, update member roles, member permissions, teammate permissions

Overview

WorkBoard Teams consist of a set of individuals who work together to drive team outcomes and execute work. With WorkBoard, you can be a member of multiple teams and have various roles and permissions for each team.

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Team Permissions

The different team roles are Manager, Co-Manager, Team Admin, Member, and Executive Viewer. Each of these roles has different abilities when managing work related to the team.

Team Workstream Management

Workstream Permissions

Manager

Co-Manager

Team Admin

Member

Executive Viewer

Create a Team Workstream

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Edit Sharing Settings/Move/Copy/ Close/Archive/Delete Team Workstreams

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Update Team Action Item

Yes

Yes

Yes

No*

No*

Update Team Action Item Status

Yes

Yes

No*

No*

No*

Update Team Action Item Assignee/Effort

Yes

Yes

No*

No*

No*

Create Action Items

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

*Yes, if the Team Admin, Member, or Executive Viewer owns the Action Item

Team OKR Management

OKR Permissions

Manager

Co-Manager

Team Admin

Member

Executive Viewer

Create/Edit/Move/Copy/Reset/Delete Objectives

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Create, edit, & delete Key Results (that you do not own)

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Edit Key Results: Updater

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Edit Key Results: Owner / Co-Owner

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Own Objectives

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Team Management

Team Permissions

Manager

Co-Manager

Team Admin

Member

Executive Viewer

Update Team Name

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Manage Team Members

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Manage Team Member Permissions

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Archive Team

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Delete Team

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Canvas Permissions

Canvas permissions are separate from team permissions. However, users must be a member of the team if they want to create a team Canvas template. If that Canvas is shared with a team, any changes to the users added or removed from the team will also reflect in the Canvas. You can learn more about the sharing permissions in Canvas in this article.

Change Team Member Permissions

Team Members with Manager or Co-Manager permissions can change the role of other Team Members. As a Manager or Co-Manager, follow the steps below to change a user's permission on the team.

  1. Click Teamwork from the main menu

  2. Select Teams

  3. Select the applicable team name you'd like to access

  4. Click on the Team Members tab

  5. Click on the blue hyperlink under the Permissions column next to any user

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  6. Select the desired role

  7. Select Save to lock in your changes

Note: Users are not able to change their own role on the team.

Assign a New Manager for a Team

You can assign a new Manager to a team on WorkBoard. In order to do so, your team must already have a Manager, Co-Manager, or Admin role on the Team.

Notes on Team Managers:

  • OKRs will stay assigned to a former deactivated Manager until a new user is assigned that permission, if the member offboards without promoting another user to a Manager.

  • The WorkBoard Administrator has to manually promote a new user to Team Manager.

  • A Co-Manager cannot make themselves Manager.

  1. Click Teamwork from the main menu

  2. Select Teams

  3. Select the applicable team name you'd like to access

  4. Click on the Team Members tab

  5. Make sure the new Manager is a Member of the team
    ​Note: Only members with roles other than "manager" (example: Members or Co-Managers) can be changed to Manager

  6. Click on the user's blue-hyperlinked title under the Permissions column to change user permissions
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    Note: You won't have the option to click on yourself, or the existing manager of the team

  7. Select the Manager permission

  8. Confirm the permission change by selecting Save
    Note:
    If you're the Manager of your team, your role will change to Co-Manager, since a team can have only one Manager.

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