The Acquisition Handbook

Core, Associate and Attached IPT MembersThe IPT Leader leads the team throughout the project’s life-cycle, managing the project in wayswhich secure the most cost-effective balance between time, whole-life cost, annual cost ofownership and performance, and achieving results beyond what was previously accepted as the‘norm’. He or she involves all team members and external stakeholders in the project, balancingtheir needs and gaining support for the most effective course of action.The IPT Leader provides a strategic direction and vision with which the team members canidentify and through which they can visualise the contribution of their roles. The leader is amotivator and role model for the team, demonstrating the values and beliefs which promote theprinciples of Smart Acquisition. He or she sets clear and common goals for all team members,team and individual performance targets, reviews performance regularly, coaches and developsthe team to reach their full potential, addresses under-performance, and acknowledges and takessteps to recognise and reward excellence.The IPT Leader is:Answerable to the customer, through a CSA, for the procurement or support of acapability, meeting agreed cost and performance targets and milestones within theagreed budgeted resources and the parameters set by the approving authority.Accountable to CDP and/or CDL for the propriety and professionalism of the IPT, andthe efficient and effective use of resources in delivering the customer’s requirements.Core IPT MembersMOD core members of the IPT are under the line management of the IPT Leader. The core roleswithin an IPT are likely to include:Requirements management• Commercial managementFinance management• SecretariatIndustrial expertiseProject programme management and risk managementProject engineering, technical, quality and reliability expertiseIntegrated Logistic Support (ILS) management, including the traditionalequipment support functionsEach of these roles has a part to play in each project stage, but the relative importance of thecontribution of each of these core team roles will vary during the different stages of theacquisition cycle.34