Roles

Ritual uses a role-based system to organize collaboration and ensure clear responsibilities throughout the exploration process. Each role has specific permissions and tasks designed to streamline decision-making.

Workspace Admin

The admin initiates and oversees explorations. Anyone who creates an exploration automatically becomes its admin and can add others to this role.

Key responsibilities:

• Create explorations and define problem statements
• Set sourcing and exploration periods
• Invite team members and assign roles
• Organize questions and matters
• Move explorations through different states
• Designate assignees and reviewers

Permissions: Full control over exploration settings, team management, and workflow states.

Workspace Member

Members are core contributors invited to a project workspace. They can participate across multiple explorations and adapt to different roles as needed.

Key capabilities:

• Access all explorations within their workspace
• Serve as collaborators, assignees, or reviewers
• Manage multiple explorations simultaneously
• View exploration progress and content

Permissions: Read access to all workspace content, with additional permissions based on assigned roles.

Collaborator

Collaborators contribute questions and insights during the sourcing period. They help expand the exploration’s scope by identifying important considerations.

Core functions:

• Suggest discovery questions during sourcing period
• Categorize questions into relevant matters
• View exploration progress and answers
• Participate in the recommendations process

Permissions: Can suggest questions, view content, and comment on recommendations.

Assignee

Assignees are selected by admins to answer specific questions within set timeframes. They provide the detailed responses that drive exploration insights.

Primary tasks:

• Answer assigned questions comprehensively
• Meet response deadlines
• Address reviewer feedback
• Revise answers when requested

Permissions: Edit access to assigned questions and ability to respond to feedback.

Reviewer

Reviewers ensure answer quality by evaluating responses and providing feedback. They act as quality control before answers advance to recommendations.

Main activities:

• Assess answer completeness and accuracy
• Accept satisfactory answers
• Request revisions with specific feedback
• Ensure answers meet exploration objectives

Permissions: Can accept/reject answers and provide feedback on assigned questions.

Sponsor

Sponsors provide strategic oversight without direct involvement in daily operations. They offer external perspective and help identify gaps or opportunities.

Value contributions:

• Review and provide feedback on question lists
• Identify missing considerations or angles
• Suggest additional collaborators or experts
• Validate exploration direction

Permissions: View access to exploration content with ability to comment and provide feedback.

Quick Reference

Role	Creates Explorations	Assigns Questions	Answers Questions	Reviews Answers	Strategic Input
Admin	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Member	-	-	✓*	✓*	✓
Collaborator	-	-	✓*	-	✓
Assignee	-	-	✓	-	-
Reviewer	-	-	-	✓	-
Sponsor	-	-	-	-	✓

*When assigned to specific tasks