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What is Integrated Process and Product Development IPPD?

Understanding Integrated Process and Product Development IPPD

A management technique that simultaneously integrates all essential acquisition activities through the use of multidisciplinary teams to optimize the design, manufacturing, and supportability processes. IPPD is a systems engineering approach that incorporates multiple stakeholders including security throughout the development lifecycle to ensure all requirements and constraints are addressed from the beginning. It emphasizes concurrent rather than sequential development activities. IPPD principles are incorporated in standards like ISO IEC IEEE 15288 and NIST SP 800-160 for systems security engineering. Organizations implement IPPD through cross-functional teams, integrated project planning, concurrent engineering techniques, and collaborative tools. For example, a defense contractor developing a new secure communications system might establish an IPPD team with representatives from engineering, security, manufacturing, testing, and customer stakeholders to ensure security requirements are addressed throughout development. Related terms: Systems engineering, Concurrent engineering, Security by design, DevSecOps, Cross-functional teams, Requirements engineering, Agile development.

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