According to the Product Documentation for ServiceNow, the business stakeholder role (rm_business_stakeholder) can read and retrieve data from any table of the Release Management application to generate reports. This role can also view the release dashboard, release calendar, and release roadmap. The other roles have different levels of access and permissions for the Release Management application. You can find more information about the roles and responsibilities for Release Management in the Product Documentation for ServiceNow.

According to the ServiceNow documentation1, a lens is a hierarchical structure that consists of entities and relationships. An entity is a data object that represents a business concept, such as a project, a demand, or a resource. A relationship is a link between two entities that defines how they are connected. A lens can have up to four levels of entities, each with a parent reference to the entity above it, except for the top-level entity, which has no parent reference. The top-level entity is the root of the lens and defines its scope and type. For example, a project lens has a project as the top-level entity, and a demand lens has a demand as the top-level entity.

1: https://docs.servicenow.com/bundle/vancouver-it-business-management/page/product/it-business-management/concept/c_Lens.html

The project status report allows project managers to do the following:

Show historical trend of project KPI’s: The project status report displays the key performance indicators (KPIs) of the project, such as schedule variance, cost variance, and earned value. It also shows the historical trend of these KPIs over time, which helps project managers monitor the progress and performance of the project. You can find more information about the project status report KPIs in the Product Documentation for ServiceNow.

Print as a PDF attachment: The project status report can be printed as a PDF attachment and sent to the stakeholders or sponsors of the project. This helps project managers communicate the status and health of the project in a clear and concise format. You can find more information about the project status report PDF attachment in the Product Documentation for ServiceNow.

Resource capacity is the total number of hours that a resource or a group of resources is available for work in a given time period. According to the Product Documentation for ServiceNow, resource capacity is derived from the user or group schedule, which defines the working hours and days for each resource. The group capacity is rolled up from the schedules of all the members. Note: Capacity is not derived from FTE, but from schedules. Both FTE and schedules must be in synchronization with each other. FTE is a measure of how much work a resource can perform in a standard work week, and it is used to calculate the resource demand and allocation.

The demand workbench is a feature of ServiceNow Demand Management that allows you to view and assess business demands in a single place. You can use the demand workbench to compare demands with portfolios and see how they align with your strategic goals and objectives. You can also use the demand workbench to compare and prioritize demands against other demands based on their scores, risks, and benefits. You can find more information about the demand workbench in the Product Documentation for ServiceNow.

The Project Management application supports two types of external dependencies: hard dependency and soft dependency. A hard dependency is a dependency that must be met before a task can start or finish. A soft dependency is a dependency that is preferred but not mandatory for a task to start or finish. You can find more information about these dependency types in the Product Documentation for ServiceNow.