Source control operation failed permission denied

Question

What can you do to understand why you see a "permission denied" in RTC, and what action to take in order to give the privilege for a given "denied" action?

Example:

Answer 1

Each time you have a permission denied on RTC, you need to check:

• your role associated with your profile in your project area
• your permissions as defined in "Team Configuration / Permission":

The permission matrix looks like this one in the Project Area Administration page:

For instance, if you have a "permission denied" when trying to delete a Work Item, you need to have a role where this action has been explicitly granted (see doc):

If you don't have access to the administration part, check at least the "Team Advisor" view in order to communicate that to your RTC admin: