Software Engineering

1.4 
Integrated product teams
The use of IPTs is a mechanism for ensuring that stakeholders, project manage-
ment, and technical organizations are represented throughout the software devel-
opment effort. A SWE-IPT involves representatives from the various stakeholder 
communities and software development technical and management organizations. 
Figure 1.1
 depicts the representation associated with several software development 
IPTs. The suggested software development IPTs are defined as:
1. 
Software engineering IPT:
 Represents the primary organizational entity respon-
sible for defining and controlling the software architecture, integrating technical 
plans and schedules, conducting architectural trade studies and analyses, and 
monitoring software development progress and risks.
FIGURE 1.1
Software integrated product team representatives.

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