Team Development with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server

Additional Resources
• For more information, see “Chapter 13 – Process Templates Explained” in this guide.
• For more information, see “How To – Customize a Process Template in Visual Studio
Team Foundation Serve” in this guide.
• For more information, see “Customizing Process Templates” at
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms243782(VS.80).aspx
How to Customize a Work Item Type Within a Process Template
Use the Process Editor tool, available with the latest version of the TFS Power Tool, to
customize work item types. You can download the TFS Power Tool from
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa718351.aspx.
To customize work item types
1. Download the process template that most closely meets your requirements, as
follows:
a. In Visual Studio, on the Team menu, select Team Foundation Server
Settings.
b. Click Process Template Manager.
c. In the Process Template Manager dialog box, select the process template
you want to modify and then click Download.
d. In the Download Process Template dialog box, select the folder location on
your local drive where you want to save the template, and then click Save.
2. Open the process template in the Process Editor as follows:
a. In Visual Studio, click the Team menu.
b. Click Process Editor, and then click Open Process Template.
c. In the Open Process Template fileset dialog box, navigate to the downloaded
process template and then click Open.
The ProcessTemplate.xml file is loaded by Visual Studio.
d. Set the Name of the methodology you are customizing.
3. In the Process Template Explorer, click Work Item Tracking.
4. In the right pane, click the Type Definitions tab.
5. To create a new work item, click Add in the toolbar in the right pane.
6. In the New Work Item Type dialog box, enter a name for the work item type and
select an existing work item type from the Copy From drop-down list.
The new work item type is created and is available in the Item List on the Type
Definitions tab in the right pane.
7. To save changes, on the File menu, click Save.
8. Optionally, add/remove attributes or fields to/from the new work item type or an
existing work item type.
9. On the Type Definitions tab, right-click the work item type you want to edit, and
then click Open.
The selected work item type opens in a new Visual Studio window.
10. Add or remove attributes as necessary.