Customizing Process Templates

Process templates define key aspects of a team project that affect how a team works. By customizing a process template, you can define the following security options to control your team project.

• Define the templates that are available on the project portal.

• Define and require source code control check-in notes.

• Define the available work item types and queries.

• Define reports to monitor progress and report status.

• Define the iterations and organizational units that are used.

Process templates define the initial process settings for a team project. Most process settings can be customized after a team project is created.

In This Section

• Process Templates
  Describes what process is and how Team Foundation Server supports it.

• Choosing a Process Template
  Describes how to determine which process template to select for a project.

• Process Template Customization Overview
  Describes some typical customization scenarios and provides links to topics that explain how to complete the tasks in these scenarios.

• Process Template Customization Plan
  Describes the iterative process used to customize a process template and explains how to verify changes in Team Foundation Server.

• Process Template Manager
  Describes how to manage process templates by using Process Template Manager.

• Process Template Architecture
  Describes the three key pieces of the process template architecture: process template plug-ins, New Team Project Wizard, and XML process definition files.

• Process Template Key Concepts
  Describes the three key concepts about process template customization and provides links to the topics that address these concepts.

• Process Template Plug-Ins
  Describes process template plug-ins and provides links to the topics that describe the six plug-ins provided with Visual Studio Team System.

• Updating a Customized Process Template
  Describes how to update a customized process template so that it is based on the latest version of MSF for Agile Software Development or MSF for CMMI Process Improvement.

• Process Template Schema Reference
  Describes the schema elements that are associated with process templates.

See Also

Other Resources

Customizing Work Item Types