1. IT Service Management
  2. Roles and access
Reference

Who can do what in IT Service Management

Set clear ownership for intake, response, change decisions and service records.

How permissions work

Start from responsibility

Give the Service Desk Agent access to intake and request work, and give the Incident Responder the evidence records needed during an interruption.

Separate decisions

The Change Manager prepares and implements work; the CAB Reviewer records the review decision against the change.

Keep context maintained

Admin maintains people, services and assets so operational cases point to useful records.

Who can do what

Permissions by role
RoleIncidentsService RequestsChangesAssetsKnowledgeService Oversight
Service Desk AgentEditApprove—ViewViewView
Incident ResponderEdit——View—Edit
Change ManagerView—Edit——View
CAB Reviewer——Approve——View
Knowledge OwnerView———EditView
AdminViewEditViewEditEditEdit

Each role in detail

Service Desk Agent

Owns intake, triage and request follow-through.

Can

  • Manage Incidents, incident updates, response events, service requests
  • View Services, Assets, knowledge articles

Reviews and approves

  • Approve service requests

Starts on: Open Incidents

Incident Responder

Investigates interruptions and records restoration evidence.

Can

  • Manage Incidents, incident updates, response events, service impacts, service outages
  • View Services, Assets, Problems

Starts on: Open Incidents

Change Manager

Prepares risk, timing and deployment records for review.

Can

  • Manage Changes, Deployments, rollback checks
  • View Services, CAB approvals, Incidents

Starts on: Change Schedule

CAB Reviewer

Records an advisory decision on a proposed change.

Can

  • Manage CAB approvals
  • View Changes, Services, Deployments

Reviews and approves

  • Approve Changes

Starts on: Change Schedule

Knowledge Owner

Maintains service guidance and review status.

Can

  • Manage knowledge articles, article feedback
  • View Services, Incidents

Starts on: Published Knowledge Articles

Admin

Maintains people, services and asset context.

Can

  • Manage Users, People, Services, Assets, service asset links
  • View Incidents, service requests, Changes

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