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.
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Define the templates that are available on the project portal.
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Define and require source code control check-in notes.
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Define the available work item types and queries.
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Define reports to monitor progress and report status.
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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
- Overview of Process
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Describes what process is and how Team Foundation Server supports it.
- Choosing a Process Template
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Describes how to determine which process template to select for a project.
- Process Template Customization Overview
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Describes some typical customization scenarios and provides links to topics that explain how to complete the tasks in these scenarios.
- Process Template Customization Plan
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Describes the iterative process used to customize a process template and explains how to verify changes in Team Foundation Server.
- Process Template Manager
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Describes how to manage process templates by using Process Template Manager.
- Process Template Architecture
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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
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Describes the three key concepts about process template customization and provides links to the topics that address these concepts.
- Process Template Plug-Ins
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Describes process template plug-ins and provides links to the topics that describe the six plug-ins provided with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System.
- Updating a Customized Process Template
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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
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Describes the schema elements that are associated with process templates.
