Before your Serena Release Manager users begin logging into Serena Release Control, you must configure the user information in SBM, which is used to:
Login and access Serena Release Control functionality through the Serena Release Control user interface
Assign ownership in the process workflow, to the SBM workflow states
Access SBM reports and notifications used by Serena Release Control
You add users and groups as you would normally do in SBM.
What Can You Change?
You can change the following user information:
Add users and groups
Add new roles
Modify roles
Change ownership in existing states
Change privileges of roles that are assigned to states
Assign roles in projects
What is the Impact?
If an individual user is selected as a primary owner of a release item, and that user is removed, you will need to select another user as owner before the item can be progressed in the workflow.
If you add a role in SBM, If you change or add roles, you will also need to:
Enable roles in projects for any workflows in which this role may be assigned ownership.
Change privileges of roles that are assigned to states.
You may need to change or add related roles that are needed in Dimensions CM for performing the necessary actions, as they won't be in the default process model. To define roles, see "Users and Roles" in the Dimensions CM Process Modeling User's Guide.
How Do You Change It?
You should manage users according to the SBM documentation.
You can create the roles with privileges in SBM Composer.
You can add users and groups to roles in SBM Application Administrator.
You can grant privileges not related to roles, such as administrative privileges, in SBM Application Administrator.
Documentation References
Complete documentation on managing roles in SBM is in the Serena Business Manager SBM Composer Guide in "Creating Roles".
Complete documentation on managing users in SBM is in the Serena Business Manager Application Administrator Guide in "Managing Users".
The default roles defined in Serena Release Control are Release Manager and Release Engineer. Typical release management roles are shown in the following table for your reference:
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