Define an integrated product team

An Integrated Product Team (IPT) consists of representatives of functional areas working together with a team leader to develop the program, identify and resolve issues, and make decisions. They are responsible for the cost, schedule, and technical performance of their program. IPP&E allows you to create an IPT to manage the assignment of individual members to specific IPT functions.

You can build a program IPT by creating a hierarchy of individual IPT elements as follows:

Procedure

1. Click Folders.

   The Folders Overview panel is displayed.

2. Click More commands > New > Add.

   The Add panel is displayed.

3. Select Integrated Program Team from the list of types. Use the Filter box to find this type if it is not shown by default.

4. Enter a name, optional description, and project for the top-level IPT and then click Add. The ID and revision are assigned by the system but you can change them if necessary.

   The top-level IPT is created.

5. Open the top-level IPT and create a child item under it to build the IPT hierarchy.

6. Select the top-level IPT revision from the IPT structure, click the Overview tab, and assign a user as the IPT lead in the IPT Leads section.

7. Repeat the previous step for the other IPT revision.