Roles & Guides
Roles & Guides
Role-specific guides for everyone who participates in a SpecGraph project — project leads, department contributors, and approvers.
Roles & Guides
SpecGraph involves people in different roles throughout a project's lifecycle. This section has a dedicated guide for each role, so you only need to read what's relevant to you.
Roles in SpecGraph
| Role | Who They Are | Primary Responsibility |
|---|---|---|
| Project Lead | The person driving the initiative | Creates the project, manages the workflow, triggers AI steps, locks the PRD |
| Department Contributor | Team members submitting requirements | Reviews the PRD, fills in the survey, adds wishes |
| Approver | Senior stakeholders and department leads | Reviews the unified PRD and provides formal sign-off |
How Roles Map to Phases
| Phase | Project Lead | Contributor | Approver |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gathering | Creates project, uploads docs | — | — |
| Generating | Reviews AI-generated PRD | — | — |
| Surveying | Monitors survey progress | Fills in survey, adds wishes | — |
| Resolving | Manages conflict resolution | Discusses and votes on conflicts | — |
| Unifying | Selects unification strategy | — | — |
| Approving | Monitors approvals | — | Reviews and approves/rejects PRD |
| Locked | Generates agents, sets up MCP | — | — |
| In Development | Monitors implementation dashboard | — | — |
A single person can hold multiple roles. In small teams, the project lead often also fills in surveys and acts as an approver.