Implementation of a Government-Contractor leadership Team in an Integrated Product Team (IPT) Enviroment

摘要

The tovernment and contractor program managers for the Navy's Advanced Deployable System (ADS) have implemented an Intergrated Product and Process Development (IPPD) methodology for development of their system's Underwater Segment. A key element in the success of this methodology has been the effectivness of the leadership rpovided by the government-contractor Systems Engineering and management Team (SEMT). The tema's leadership approach is focused in three areas: leadership techniques, engineering and busines management activities, and technical direction efforts. The team's effectiveness has been enhanced through an investment of resources to eatablish and implement a clear and executable program baseline, a disciplined deveopment approach, effective communications, which are facilitated in large part by team collocation and responsive descision-making and course corrections. This paper describes the methods of the SEMT and how it contributed to the success of the Underwater Segment Integrated Product Team (IPT).