What's a project role?

Project roles represent either a requirement or an assignment on a project, such as a project manager or project team member.

You associate an job or abstract role with each project role. When you assign a project role to a project team member, the associated job or abstract role determines the type of access the team member has to project information. For example, project managers can manage project progress or create budgets and forecasts. Project team members may only have access to view progress or financial plans.

Persons who are directly assigned job or abstract roles such as Project Manager or Project Application Administrator may have access to certain project information even if they aren't project team members or don't have a specific project role assignment.