Table of Contents
- Member Management
- Role Models & Scope
- Role Definitions
- Destructive Actions
Introduction
Admin controls are the surfaces where people with power build and manage the permission system. Across 82 admin-facing instances from 10 systems, we found strong consensus on some verbs—"Invite" dominates member lists (8 of 10), "Remove" dominates destructive actions (6 of 9)—but wide divergence on architecture. Role complexity ranges from 2 tiers (Linear) to 8 (Asana).
Member Management
Instances: 26 of 152 (17.1%) Present in: All 10 systems
The member list is the admin home base. The core pattern is consistent: a table of people with names, roles, and status, plus an invite CTA.



