Customizing Existing Projects

In this section, you will learn how you can customize an existing Team Project to reflect ongoing changes to your process and the needs of your team.

Work Item Queries

To recap, work item queries are the mechanism by which we can find and manipulate work items. The process templates that ship with Visual Studio Team System specify a set of work item queries; however, it is very common for organizations to create their own queries based on specific needs of their team or even rename the work item queries to be more congruous with organizational naming guidelines for work item queries. This section provides step-by-step guidance on how to perform the most common work item query customizations.

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