Integrated Product Teams are a means to achieve concurrent engineering or IPPD. They are multidisciplinary teams consisting of representatives from all disciplines involved in the system acquisition process, from requirements development through disposal. Having the participation of all the appropriate disciplines, IPTs are often empowered to make decisions to achieve successful development of their particular product. [DSMC 1]
Amaqela eMveliso eziDityanisiweyo azindlela zokuphumelela ubunjineli obenzeka ngexesha elinye okanye i-IPPD. Ngamaqela ezivundo ezininzi ezenziwa ngabameli abasuka kuzo zonke izifundo ezibandakanyekayo kwinkqubo yokufumana inkqubo, ukusuka kuphuhliso lokufunekayo ukuya ekulahlweni. Ukuba nothatho-nxaxhaba lwazo zonke izifundo, ii-IPT zidla ngokuxhotyiselwa ukwenza izigqibo zokuphumelela uphuhliso oluyimpumelelo lwemveliso ethile. [DSMC 1]