Objective:
The course objective is to build upon professionals' knowledge, skills, and on-the-job experience relating to DoD test and evaluation (T&E) policies, processes, and practices. A number of problem-solving situations engage participants in the application of T&E concepts and principles. Course topics include the role of T&E in systems acquisition; T&E planning and the T&E strategy; T&E master plan development; managing a T&E program; and planning, conducting, and processing the results of T&E events.
Learning Outcomes:
- Given a scenario and DoD policy, develop TEMP content
- assess issues related to T&E of Information Technology Systems
- identify issues and risks associated with reliability, availability, and maintainability T&E
- create an OT test report based on their evaluation of incidents that occurred during testing
- construct solutions for T&E problems; including rapidly responding and adapting to new information, changes to requirements documents, and changing circumstances that impact the T&E strategy, approach, and overall plan
- Given DoD guidance, discuss corresponding test strategies for integrating modeling and simulation with system T&E
- analyze the information needed to complete a Milestone A TEMP, and support T&E planning efforts based upon the analyzed documents
- discuss potential impacts to the DoD T&E acquisition community and associated stakeholders based upon current policy changes and trends
- discuss potential impacts to the DoD T&E acquisition community and associated stakeholders based upon current policy changes and trends
- assess a program T&E Strategy
- develop Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP) content
- develop information for a data management plan in support of a test and evaluation
- develop an operational or developmental test scenario (high-level test plan) that addresses the COI/CTP and supports the overall program plan
- demonstrate DT&E planning, rehearsing (pilot test), and execution in an organized fashion; including data collection, analysis, evaluation, after action review, and reporting
- develop procedures and constraints for test operations to comply with safety, environmental, and risk management policies
- anticipate the needs of the Operational Test Agency, Program Office, and other internal and external customers of the acquisition community
- determine the appropriate test design, analysis, and evaluation methods to apply to DoD T&E
- discuss corresponding test strategies for integrating modeling and simulation with system T&E
- develop T&E best practices and lessons learned
- generate OT&E planning, execution, and reporting documentation
- Given a system description and DoD guidance, develop procedures and constraints for test operations to comply with safety, environmental, and risk management policies
- Given a test scenario, test data, and DoD guidance, create an Operational Test (OT) report based on their evaluation of incidents that occurred during testing
- Given a scenario, anticipate the needs of the Operational Test Agency, Program Office, and other internal and external customers of the acquisition community
- Given a system description, correctly construct solutions for T&E problems, including rapidly responding and adapting to new information, changes to requirements documents, and changing circumstances that impact the T&E strategy, approach, and overall plan
- given a MS A TEMP, assess issues related to T&E of information technology systems
- given a scenario and DoD policy, develop test and evaluation master plan (TEMP) content
General Course Topics:
- T&E legislative, regulatory, policy and guidance
- The role of T&E in systems acquisition
- T&E planning and strategy
- T&E Master Plan (TEMP) development
- Managing a T&E program
- Planning, conducting, and processing the results of T&E events