Software Engineering

5.1.8 
Empowerment
The software development planning and scheduling activities involve all technical 
organizations that prepare detailed plans for accomplishing the tasks assigned to 
them via work packages. These plans are integrated by the SWE-IPT to form an 

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5.2 
Software engineering and development
integrated technical plan and schedule (ITP/ITS). The ITP and ITS are combined 
with the work plans of other project management and support organizations to form 
the IMP and IMS. The work breakdown structure, IMP, and IMS provide the basis 
for task execution, and each technical organization must be held accountable for 
achieving results.
Technically, the software product architecture establishes the structural unit and 
component specifications for software implementation. These specifications permit 
the software implementation team members to design, code, and test software units 
with complete design decision authority. The software integration strategy estab-
lishes the approach for software component integration and testing and the software 
implementation team should be authorized to establish the procedures for software 
integration and testing.