To successfully manage ideas and projects, but also campaigns, it’s important to define who’s responsible for what. That’s why Accept Mission allows you to assign clear innovation roles to users in both ideas and projects. These roles help everyone understand their task, increase accountability, and improve collaboration.
What are innovation roles?
Innovation roles are team member roles that you can assign within an individual idea or project. They clarify each person’s responsibility during the innovation process.
Examples include:
Role Title | Role Description |
Innovation Project Owner | Responsible for managing the progress of an idea or project. |
Campaign Team Member | Part of the team running a campaign that collects ideas. |
Topic Expert | Provides expertise and feedback on a specific topic. |
Jury | Reviews and evaluates ideas based on selected criteria. |
Business Owner | Represents the business side and validates relevance. |
Sponsor | Provides support and budget; typically from leadership. |
Innovation Advisor | Offers advice on innovation process and next steps. |
Team Member | Contributes to execution or idea refinement. |
Collaborator | Supports the team with feedback or small tasks. |
Stakeholder | Has an interest in the outcome and is informed regularly. |
Enricher | Enriches an idea with details, images, and context. |
Scorer | Scores the idea based on the scorecard or campaign criteria. |
💡 You can assign one or multiple roles per user, and roles can differ across ideas and projects.
How to manage roles
Step 1: Go to Innovation → Settings → Innovation Roles
Only available to Admins and Super Admins.
Here, you see the list of current roles used in the system.
Step 2: Add, edit, or remove roles
Click “+ Add Role” to create a new custom role.
Click the pencil icon ✏️ to edit an existing role name or description.
Click the trash icon 🗑️ to remove roles you no longer use.
⚠️ Removing a role will also remove it from any ideas or projects it’s currently used in.
Assigning roles in ideas and projects and missions
You can assign roles in the Idea or Project detail view:
Open the idea or project.
Go to the Team Members section.
Select a user and choose one or more roles.
Save.
The assigned roles are visible to the full team for clarity.
Best practices
Keep role names short and clear.
Use consistent roles across ideas and projects to avoid confusion.
Use the Enricher and Scorer roles to structure campaigns and involvement.
Highlight roles during innovation meetings to encourage ownership.
Insights and reporting
Role assignments are also useful for filtering and reporting:
See who contributed to which ideas.
Identify key roles like top Scorers or Project Owners.
Support performance tracking in the Innovation Dashboard.