Exploring Team Development

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title: Exploring Team Development
description: Team Development supports parallel development on multiple, non-production ServiceNow instances.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/application-development/team-development/exploring-team-development.html
release: australia
product: Team Development
classification: team-development
topic_type: concept
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Team Development, Planning your application, Classic app development, Building applications]
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# Exploring Team Development

Team Development supports parallel development on multiple, non-production ServiceNow instances.

## Team Development overview

Team Development allows developers to work on separate development instances while sharing code and resolving collisions throughout the development process.

After setting up the instance hierarchy, you can develop changes on your local development instance. Use the team dashboard to manage Team Development activities, such as:

-   Tracking local changes and determining which changes to promote to the parent development instance.
-   Pulling changes from the parent instance and resolving any collisions with local changes.
-   Comparing your instance with other development instances and resolving any collisions with other development projects.
-   Pushing changes when a feature is tested and ready to promote to the parent development instance.

Developers with admin access to their development instance and the parent instance can use Team Development. For alternative access settings, see [Access rights for developers](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-development/team-development/r_GrantingAccessRightsToDevelopers.md).

## Team Development users

|User|Description|
|----|-----------|
|Admin|Configures Team Development.|
|Developer|Uses Team Development.|

## What to explore next

To learn more about configuring and using Team Development, see:

-   [Configuring Team Development](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-development/team-development/configuring-team-development.md)
-   [Administer Team Development](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-development/team-development/administer-team-development.md)