Ownership

Ownership fields say who is accountable for work, who is doing it, and who needs to decide on it.

Ownership fields

Field	Meaning
Owner	The person accountable for moving the work forward.
Assignees	People doing or contributing to the work.
Reviewer	The person who needs to review the work.
Reporter	The person who reported the bug, issue, or request.
Teams	The teams responsible for the work or needing visibility.

Keep ownership current

Give every active item an owner. Boards, triage, standups, and blocker reviews all group and filter by these fields.

To find roadmap work nobody has picked up, filter initiatives by assignee and choose Unassigned.

When work changes hands, update the owner or assignees rather than noting it in a comment. Status says where the work is; ownership says who can move it.

For formal access boundaries, see Permissions.