User roles

Consider the types of portal users who will use the Collaboration Center and the tasks that they will be expected to perform. The following table summarizes the key roles and responsibilities that might help you plan your roll out of the Collaboration Center. Define user roles ahead of time. Doing so will inform your decisions about the permissions you grant to portal users and groups for access to portal resources.

The table below suggests some task examples for illustrative purposes only, with the caveat that many user types and roles overlap. For example, within your enterprise, you might not need to distinguish portal designer and page designers. Furthermore, designers in general will most likely share tasks with portlet developers. Similarly, in some functional contexts, portal administrators will also serve as system administrators and vice versa. Be aware of how user responsibilities and tasks will change with the life cycle of the portal. Roles during the initial roll out of a pilot project will change as the portal deployment reaches full implementation to wide audiences and matures into maintenance mode.

For more information on managing portal users and groups, refer to the Information Center topics that address administering your portal.

User type	Roles	Description
Administrators	System administrators	Install, configure, and maintain hardware and software for WebSphere Portal.
	Directory administrators	Plan, manage, and maintain corporate directories used with WebSphere Portal, WebSphere Member Manager, and the Collaboration Center People Finder portlet.
	Portal administrators	Manage and maintain the portal environment, including installing Collaboration Center and deploying Collaboration Center portlets, as described in Configure components.
Designers	Portal designers	Plan, manage, and maintain the content and appearance of the portal, its design elements, and portlet design. Configure the People Finder portlet.
Designers	Page designers	Maintain the content and appearance of portal pages. Add Collaboration Center portlets to places and pages.
Developers	Application developers	Develop and maintain enterprise applications for the portal.
	Portlet developers	Develop and maintain portlets, including - Customize Collaboration Center portlets, Customize People Finder views using JSP tag libraries, and Integrating People Finder menu actions in other portlets using Click-to-Action.
	Application assembler	Build and package enterprise applications for the portal.
Portal users	May be anonymous (unauthenticated) or authenticated (registered) users	Use portal by working with portlets as permissions granted by the administrator allow. Refer to Help topics provided within each Collaboration Center portlet for task procedures.
	Executives	Top-level management
	Managers (LOB, etc.)	Senior and mid-level line managers
	Project Leaders	Team leaders within a functional area of project
	Team Members	Employees working within functional areas or project teams, or both
	Administrative Assistants	Personnel supporting management
	Occasional users	Infrequent portal users, probably with anonymous (unauthenticated) access to the portal

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