inheritance-process-model.md

title	titleSuffix	description	ms.technology	ms.prod	ms.assetid	ms.manager	ms.author	author	monikerRange	ms.date
Inheritance process model	VSTS	Guide to configuring and customizing work tracking features in Visual Studio Team Services	devops-agile	devops		douge	kaelli	KathrynEE	vsts	03/20/2018

Inheritance process model

VSTS

The Inheritance process model provides support for customizing work tracking objects and Agile tools for a team project through the user interface. Team projects inherit the customizations made to a process.

You can perform the following tasks with the Inheritance process model.

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Fields	Pick lists	Work item types
- Add a custom field - Add a person-name or Identity field - Add a rich-text field - Add a checkbox (Boolean) field - Add rules to a field - Change a field label - Remove a field from a form - Add a custom control field - Delete a field - Review fields	- Area paths - iteration paths - Person-name field (add team members) - State or Reason fields - Add a custom pick list	- Add a custom field - Add a custom WIT - Specify the WIT color - Customize the workflow (States) - Customize the WIT form - Add a custom control

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Backlogs	Process
- Add custom backlog levels - Add a custom WIT to a backlog - Show bugs on backlogs/boards	- Create & manage an inherited process - Customize a process

Note

With the Inheritance process model, you can't modify the pick-lists of pre-defined fields—such as Activity, Automation Status, Discipline, Priority, plus others.

Use this sequence when you manage your VSTS customization through the Inherited process model. You belong to this phase when your Process user interface appears as shown under Manage processes.