A Project‑Centric Diagram of the IPD Integrated Development Process

IPD (Integrated Product Development) is a product development model that guides projects from concept to end‑of‑life. The article outlines the four main stages from a project viewpoint: concept stage (feasibility assessment), planning stage (milestone and solution planning), development stage (management of process, risks, issues, changes, cost, and resources to ensure delivery), and release stage (handover, review, knowledge accumulation), followed by product maintenance.

It then presents a comprehensive terminology table that maps IPD‑related abbreviations to their full meanings, covering standards (3GPP), project milestones (AD, CDP), engineering documents (ADD, AR), development practices (CICD, Scrum), organizational units (IPMT, PMCOE), and many other concepts used within Huawei’s R&D management framework.

3GPP – The 3rd Generation Partnership Project, an international telecom standards organization.

AD – Announcement Date.

ADCP – Availability Decision Check Point.

ADD – Architecture Design Document.

AR – Architecture Requirement.

ADSL – Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line, a data transmission method with asymmetric upstream/downstream bandwidth.

AI – Assembly to Order Item, a configurable inventory item assembled per MRP plan.

AOC – ATO Option Class Item, a set of parts selectable by customers, stocked as a group but not assembled until later.

API – Application Programming Interface.

ASIC – Application‑Specific Integrated Circuit.

ATO – ATO Model Item, an order‑based assembled product model.

BB – Building Block, a basic module.

BBFV – Building Block Functional Verification.

BG – Business Group, a Huawei organizational unit formed in 2011.

BOM – Bill of Materials.

BOP – Bill of Process.

BP – Business Plan, Huawei’s annual commercial plan.

BU – Business Unit, a product line organized by product or solution.

CAPEX – Capital expenditures.

CBB – Common Building Block, reusable modules across products/systems.

CDCP – Concept Decision Check Point.

CDMA – Code Division Multiple Access, a digital communication technology.

CDP – Charter Development Process.

CDT – Charter Development Team.

CEG – Commodity Expert Group.

CICD – Continuous Integration Continuous Delivery, Huawei’s incremental short‑cycle software development approach.

CMM – Capability Maturity Model, a software process improvement model from Carnegie Mellon.

CMMI – Capability Maturity Model Integration.

COE – Center of Excellence.

CSQC – Customer Satisfaction and Quality management Committee.

CR – Change Request.

CT – Communication Technology.

DCP – Decision Check Point.

DevOps – Combination of Development and Operations.

DI – Density of Issues, legacy issue density.

DSTE – Develop Strategy to Execute, Huawei’s strategic‑to‑execution management process.

E2E – End to End.

EBO – Emerging Business Opportunity.

EBOM – Engineering Bill of Materials.

EC – Engineering Change.

eCl@SS – International standard for classifying products and services.

EDCP – End DCP, a decision point at the end of technical development.

ESS – Early Sales Support.

EMS – Equipment Manufacturing Supplier.

EMT – Executive Management Team, Huawei’s top responsibility body for operations and customer satisfaction.

EOFS – End of Full Support.

EOM – End of Marketing.

EOP – End of Production.

EOS – End of Service & Support.

ERP – Enterprise Resource Planning, integrated management software for manufacturing.

ESP – Early Support Program.

FRACAS – Failure Report Analysis and Corrective Action System.

GA – General Availability, the point when a product can be mass‑delivered.

GSM – Global System for Mobile Communications.

GTAC – Global Technical Assistance Center.

GTS – Global Technical Service.

HLD – High Level Design.

HLR – Home Location Register, a database managing mobile users.

IaaS – Infrastructure as a Service.

IBT – Incremental Build and Test.

ICT – Information and Communication Technology.

IETF – Internet Engineering Task Force.

IMC – Integrated Marketing Communications.

IPD – Integrated Product Development, a product development model, concept, and method.

IPMT – Integrated Portfolio Management Team, Huawei’s cross‑department team responsible for product‑line investment and commercial success.

IPR – Intellectual Property Rights.

IR – Initial Requirement.

IRB – Investment Review Board, Huawei’s organization for evaluating product and solution investment portfolios.

ISC – Integrated Supply Chain, a network of material, component, and supplier integration for end‑to‑end supply chain management.

ISV – Independent Software Vendor.

IT – Information Technology.

ITIL – Information Technology Infrastructure Library.

ITMT – Integrated Technology Management Team.

ITO – Inventory Turn Over.

ITR – Issue to Resolution, Huawei’s end‑to‑end process from service request to resolution.

ITU – International Telecommunication Union.

JAD – Joint Agile Delivery.

JAO – Joint Agile Operation.

JAP – Joint Agile Planning.

JDC – Joint Product Definition Community.

JC – Joint Innovation Center.

KPI – Key Performance Indicator.

LLD – Low Level Design.

LMT – Lifecycle Management Team.

LTC – Lead to Cash, Huawei’s end‑to‑end process from lead to payment.

LTE – Long Term Evolution, a 3GPP‑defined telecom standard.

MC – Management Committee, a cross‑functional body for business management.

MFR – Manufacturing Review.

MM – Marketing Management.

MR – Marketing Review.

NA – Named Account.

NC – Named Channel.

NFV – Network Functions Virtualization.

NGN – Next Generation Network.

OBP – Offering Business Plan.

ODP – Offering Definition Process.

ODU – Outdoor Unit, a component of Huawei microwave products.

OPEX – Operating Expense.

OR – Offering Requirement.

SBP – Offering/Solution Business Plan.

OTT – Over The Top, internet‑based services bypassing operators.

PaaS – Platform as a Service.

PBl – Product Base Information.

PCN – Product Change Notice.

PCR – Plan Change Request.

PDC – Portfolio Decision Criteria, Huawei’s tool for evaluating investment priority.

PDT – Product Development Team.

PDU – Product Development Unit.

PH – Phantom Item, a pseudo‑project.

PHB – Project Handbook.

Pl – Purchased Item.

PL – Product Line.

PM – Project Manager.

PMBOK – Project Management Body of Knowledge, maintained by PMI.

PMCOE – Project Management Center of Excellence.

PMP – Project Management Professional, a PMI certification.

PMT – Portfolio Management Team.

PO – Project Office.

POC – PTO Option Class Item, a set of parts for direct order delivery.

PONC – Price of Non‑Conformance, quality cost.

POR – Procurement Review.

PQA – Product Quality Assurance Engineer.

PSST – Products & Solutions Staff Team.

PTO – Pick To Order Model, a hybrid of ATO and non‑assembly parts.

QCC – Quality Control Circle.

QMS – Quality Management System.

RAT – Requirement Analysis Team.

RDP – Roadmap Planning.

RDPM – R&D Project Management.

RDR – Research and Development Review.

RFLp – Requirement, Function, Logical, Physical, a forward system engineering analysis method.

RMT – Requirement Management Team.

Rol – Return on Investment.

ROADS – Real time, On demand, All online, DIY, Social.

RR – Raw Requirement.

SaaS – Software as a Service.

Scrum – An iterative incremental software development process, commonly used in agile development.

SDN – Software‑Defined Networking.

SDV – System Design Verification.

SDT – Solution Development Team.

SE – System Engineer.

SI – Supply Item.

SIT – System Integration Test.

SMT – Solution Management Team.

SOA – Service‑Oriented Architecture.

SP – Strategy Plan.

SPDT – Super Product Development Team.

SR – Service Review.

SR – System Requirement.

SRS – Software Requirements Specification.

ST – Staff Team, Huawei’s platform for daily business coordination and decision‑making.

SVT – System Verification Test.

SWOT – Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats analysis.

TCO – Total Cost of Ownership.

TD – Technology Development.

TDCP – Transition Decision Check Point.

TDP – Technology Development Process.

TDR – Technical Development Review.

TDT – Technology Development Team.

TMG – Technical Management Group.

TMT – Technology Management Team.

TMS – Technical Management System.

TPM – Transformation Progress Metrics.

TPMT – Technology Portfolio Management Team.

TPP – Technology Planning Progress.

TQC – Technology & Quality Certification.

TR – Technical Review.

TTM – Time To Market.

UCD – User‑Centered Design.

UMTS – Universal Mobile Telecommunications System.

UNSPSC – The Universal Standard Products and Services Classification.

VAP – Value‑Added Partner.

WBS – Work Breakdown Structure, a project management term for hierarchical decomposition of work.

WCDMA – Wideband Code Division Multiple Access, a 3G wireless technology.