Understanding Roles: Owner, Admin, Member, Readonly

Strova has two levels of roles: organization roles (what you can do across the whole org) and team roles (what you can do within a specific team).

Organization Roles

Owner

The Owner is the person who created the organization. There is exactly one owner per org.

What owners can do:

• Everything admins can do, plus:
• Manage billing and subscription
• Delete the organization
• Transfer ownership to another member

Admin

Admins share most permissions with the owner but cannot touch billing or delete the org. You can have multiple admins.

What admins can do:

• Invite and remove members
• Create, edit, and deactivate teams
• Assign team leads
• View all analytics dashboards and employee reports
• Manage org-wide schedule settings and holidays
• View and manage all teams

Member

The standard role for everyone on your team. Members participate in daily standups and view their team's board.

What members can do:

• Submit daily updates
• View their team's DSM Board
• Comment on updates and @mention teammates
• View their own KPI scores and reports
• Configure their personal schedule overrides and notifications

What members cannot do:

• View other teams' boards (unless they're on those teams)
• Access the analytics dashboard
• Manage org or team settings

Readonly (Business plan only)

Readonly members are view-only users — ideal for stakeholders, executives, or clients who need visibility without participating in standups.

What readonly members can do:

• View DSM Boards they have access to
• View reports and analytics dashboards

What readonly members cannot do:

• Submit daily updates
• Leave comments

Readonly members do not count as billable seats. You can add as many as you need at no extra cost.

See What is a readonly member? for more detail.

Team Roles

Within a team, members can be a Team Lead or a Member.

Team Lead

Team leads have elevated permissions within their team only.

Team leads can:

• Mark team members as on leave (and undo it)
• Manage team-level schedule overrides (working hours, cutoff time, grace period)
• View all team members' updates and KPI data

Team Member

Standard participation — submit updates, view the board, comment.

Changing Someone's Role

Org role: Go to Team Management → Employees, find the member, and use the role dropdown.

Team role: Go to Team Management → Teams, open the team, and edit the member's team role.

Only owners and admins can change org roles. Team leads can manage roles within their own team.