Modern project management has its roots in the 1950s Cold War defense programs. Only fairly recently has the discipline transcended its beginnings in major aeronautic or construction projects to be applied in businesses of all types and sizes. Some assert that the Web changes everything, and the old rules don t apply certainly not models from a hierarchical, linear organization like the Department of Defense. Not true. The following document describes a team-based, customer-focused systems engineering process called integrated product and process development. The document not only validates the ideas of this book, but also identifies best practices that are directly applicable to website development.
[1] From DoD Guide to Integrated Product and Process Development, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Technology), 1996.

Integrated product and process development (IPPD) is a widely defined management technique normally implemented by integrated product teams (IPTs). IPPD is currently in growing use in many commercial and government organizations. This guide has been written to serve as a primer for the Defense Acquisition Workforce to foster, facilitate, and understand the use of IPPD. Its focus is how industry implements IPPD and how this impacts the DOD s role in the acquisition process and the program office interfaces with their industrial counterparts. It is a nondirective, living document that contains industry and government best practices acquired from a survey regarding IPPD implementation.