Creating a process

You can create your own process to define a specific way for a team to work.

For example, a build manager for a team working on a GUI project creates a process called GUI Process. This process contains a custom purpose called Beta Test with a corresponding process rule called Beta Test. The process rule defines a new level of testing for the beta release. The build manager uses the Beta Test process rule to perform builds to prepare for the beta test release. The new process rule can only be found in the new process, GUI Process.

Procedure

  1. In the Task menu, point to New and choose Process.

    The Create Process dialog box appears.

  2. In the Name field, type the name of the process.
  3. Type a URL in the Diagram URL field.

    The diagram URL points to a file that contains more information about the process. Default processes have a URL to a descriptive file on the help server. The descriptive file contains a diagram that shows the flow of the baseline and tasks to the project groupings. To view this file, click View.

    If you do not have the diagram ready, later you can set the URL to the path where the descriptive file resides.

  4. Choose the process rule you want to be available for releases created using this process.
    • To choose a process rule, click a check box for one of the existing purposes shown in the selection field. Open the purpose, then select the appropriate process rule by clicking its radio button.
    • To create a process rule, click New. Use the Create Process Rule dialog box to set up a process rule.
  5. Click OK.

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