It is assumed that the Practice being customized cannot be modified directly. Thus, all changes must be stored in a separate plug-in from the practice being customized. If you can modify the practice directly, you should follow the guidelines described in Roadmap: Author a New Practice.

Customizing a practice is similar to creating a new practice. Specifically you:

• (optionally) Sketch out some ideas for the practice customization (see Guideline: Sketching a Practice)
• Structure the practice customization (see Guideline: Customizing a Practice)
• Detail the practice customization (see Guideline: Detailing Practice Elements)

As you customize the practice, browse or publish the practice and make sure you are getting the results you want (see Guideline: Publishing a Practice).
Note: To see the customizations, you need to browse or publish a configuration that includes the original Practice plug-ins and the plug-ins containing the customizations.