Departments give company work an owner. A department has a purpose, an owner, and members with named responsibilities. Programme questions and people can then be assigned by department.
Department responsibilities grant no additional access in Asiri. Access comes from each person's role.
Who can do this
An owner or editor who is a current member of the company can add, change, retire and restore departments.
Find it
Open Departments in the sidebar, under Programmes. Use Search departments, and tick Include retired to see retired ones.
Add a department
- Press Add department. The form has steps. Press Continue to move on.
- Give the Department name, choose the Department owner, and describe its Purpose and responsibilities.
- Give a Reason for change and press Add department.
Assign responsibilities
Open the department. Under People & responsibilities, press Assign responsibility, choose the Company member, describe their Responsibility, give a Reason, and press Save change.
To end one, press End responsibility beside the person, give a Reason and press Save change. History is kept.
To change the owner or purpose, press Manage responsibilities and press Save responsibilities.
Retire or restore
Press Retire department when it no longer exists. Its history stays. Press Restore department to bring it back. The owner must still be a current company member to restore it.
When someone leaves
A department shows Reassignment needed when it has no owner who is a current member, or when one of its members has left. Choose a new owner under Manage responsibilities, or end the leaver's responsibility.
Common questions
"Does adding someone to a department give them access?" No. Department responsibilities grant no additional access.
"Can I delete a department?" No. Retire it. Its history is kept.