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 only

  Note: Other participants, such as Release Managers, may also 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
  Any participants who are stakeholders in a release may be designated to:

  • Approve release train stages
  • Review and accept exit criteria for stage gates
  • Ensure milestones are met as planned and dates are adjusted if necessary

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