# Develop a Work Product Usage Structure

In the Work Product Usage view, you can create a process by defining which work products will be created and used in the process, and then finding responsible roles and tasks from there. You can also review the work products in a process that has been created by adding tasks or roles to the process.

Before you create a work product usage structure, ensure the configuration selected in the tool bar is the same as the configuration you selected as the default configuration for your process.

To develop a work product usage structure:

1. To access the work product usage editor, select the Work Product Usage tab in the process editor.
   Note: For the purposes of this topic, the breakdown element example used is Activity. Other breakdown elements include (but are not limited to) Phase and Iteration. The element you use depends on the scope of the process you create.
2. Right click the element (either a Capability Pattern or Delivery Process) to which you want to add structure, and then click New Child > Activity to create a new activity. If needed, create more activities to set up your breakdown structure. Activities (as well as phases and iterations) can be nested inside each other according to how each relates in the hierarchy.
3. Review the list of work products in the Configuration View. In this view, work products are sorted by domain as well as work product kinds. Drill into either of these hierarchies to see which work products are available in this configuration.
4. Select a work product to add to activity and then drag it on top of the activity which you want it to belong. The work product is added as a work product descriptor to that activity. If the work product is an output to one or more tasks in the configuration, a wizard appears prompting you to add the task.
   Note: It is not required to add a task. A valid process can contain just roles and work products.
5. Specify the entry and exit states of the work product for the activity to which it was added.
6. Review the new work product descriptor details in the properties view. If the properties view is not displayed, right click the work product descriptor in the process editor, and then select Properties. Use the tabs on the side of the properties view to review different aspects of the work product descriptor. In the Properties view, you can also perform individual modifications of the role descriptor, such as change the presentation name, add textual descriptions, add entry and exit states, and more. When changing the role descriptor's relationships under the Roles or Work Products tabs, you can add new elements from your method content by clicking the Add... button, or connect your role descriptor with tasks already present in this activity. For more information, see Process Element Properties View.
7. Continue adding work products to your activities.

See also:
Related tasks
Develop a Work Breakdown Structure
Develop a Team Allocation Structure