Who should I allow into my project?

To decide how to control access to your project, think about what the project is for and who will be using it.

Consider these elements:

• The project's access setting.
  A project can be public, private, or gated community.

  Note: The site administrator can change the default project access permissions.
• The project's membership.
• Each CollabNet TeamForge user's user type.
• Any parent projects from which members, user groups or roles are inherited.
• Any subprojects that inherit members, user groups or roles from this project.

Users can be restricted or unrestricted.

• Restricted users can access only public projects and projects of which they are members.
• Unrestricted users can access all projects except private projects of which they are not members.

Project access is not the same as project membership. Project access allows a user to view a project in CollabNet TeamForge . The user can see the project in the All Projects list, visit the project home page, and browse selected project data. A restricted user may be able to access a project without being a project member.

A project's access setting determines which types of users can access the project. A project can be private, gated community, or public.

• Private - Private projects can only be accessed by project members. Private projects do not appear on the Home page, in the All Projects list, or in search or reporting results to users who are not project members.

  Create a private project when you want to strictly limit project access.

• Gated community - Gated community projects can be accessed by project members and by unrestricted users. As with private projects, gated community projects are not visible to users who are not allowed to access them.

  Create a gated community project when you want to exclude restricted users, but do not need to exclude other, unrestricted users. For example, your organization might wish to designate all contractors or outsourced staff as restricted users. They will not be able to see any gated community projects, but all of your full-time, regular staff will retain access.

• Public - Public projects can be accessed by all users.

  Create a public project when you have no need to restrict access.

This table shows which user types can access projects with each project access setting.