Release Control Participants

Release Control provides roles for users in your organization who may have the following titles and responsibilities.

Release Control Administrators
Administer Release Control, performing duties such as setting up and maintaining groups and users and organization-specific release entities.
Release Managers
Ensure that a release process is followed over the entire life cycle of each release train.
Release Package Creators
Create release packages.
Release Engineers
Manage release packages, including creating deployment tasks, designing deployment paths, and accepting and deploying release packages.
Release Control Users
Any users who will access Release Control, such as developers, but who don't have one of the other distinct roles.
Approvers
Approve release train stages, review, and accept exit criteria for stage gates, and ensure milestones are met as planned and dates are adjusted if necessary.

For guidance on assigning groups to these roles, refer to Creating Groups and Assigning Roles and Privileges.