You can modify process behavior in a project area, team
area, or process template by defining preconditions and follow-up
actions for individual operations. You also specify the handling of
change events that occur.
About this task
Preconditions are conditions that must be completed before
an operation can be completed. Follow-up actions are work items or
events that are generated when the operation is completed. You can
create different operation behavior for each role in your project
or team, or apply behavior to all users with the default role.
To
modify the preconditions and follow-up actions for project operations
and the handling of project events:
Procedure
- Open a project area, team area, or process template:
- Right-click a project area in the Team Artifacts view.
- Right-click a team area in the Team Organization view.
- Right-click a template in the Process Templates view.
- Click Open. The project area, team
area, or process template opens in the editor view.
- Do one of the following actions:
- In a project area or process template, click the Process
Configuration tab.
- In a team area, click the Process Customization tab.
- Do one of the following options:
- In a project area or process template, expand the Project
Configuration section and click the Operation
Behavior section.
- In the Team Area editor, click the Operation Behavior section.
- Select a cell in the Operations list. Each cell represents an operation as it is applied to a specific
role.
- Select Preconditions and follow-up actions are
configured for this operation.
- In the Preconditions list, click Add and
select a precondition.
- In the Follow-up Actions list, click Add and
select a follow-up action.
Example
Alternatively, you can also edit behavior in the XML source
code by clicking the
Process Configuration Source tab
in the Project Area or Process Template editor or the
Process
Customization Source tab in the Team Area editor. Use
the
project-configuration elements and
team-configuration elements
to edit project-wide and team-specific behavior. Modify
preconditions or
followup-actions elements.
The following is an example of operation behavior for the default
role in the Scrum process configuration XML source code:
What to do next
You can modify event handling for the project area or team
area. In a project area or process template, expand the
Project
Configuration section and click the
Event Handling section.
In the Team Area editor, click the
Event Handling section.