Course Description
A one-week course designed to provide an overview of the flight test and evaluation process and to examine, in detail, the subjects necessary to manage T&E programs. The course is offered to members of government and industry who are either directly involved with managing flight test programs/projects; interface directly with a flight test program and need to understand T&E management issues; and/or are program office personnel who oversee flight test programs. The subject matter is useful for anyone involved with the management of either DT&E or OT&E. (Prerequisite: must be enrolled as a Master's Degree candidate and have successfully completed T&E 4001.)
Anticipated Student Academic Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will have a basic understanding of the test and evaluation process and the management issues relevant to that process. The student will:
Be Familiar With:
· budget tracking and the Earned Value Management concept.
Understand:
· the requirements process and how user requirements drive the scope of test programs
· the similarities and differences between OT&E and DT&E
· the resource factors which must be considered during T&E planning
· the elements of RML&A tests including their purpose and challenges
· the basic management concepts needed to manage a test program
· risk management and safety considerations while planning and conducting a flight test program
Know:
· how to develop and apply COIs, MOEs/MOSs, and MOAs from user requirements/capabilities documents
Sequence of Instruction
Test and Evaluation Process
Operational Test and Evaluation
Developmental Test and Evaluation
Requirements Process
Detailed Specs and Operational Requirements
T&E Program Planning
Instrumentation/Data Requirements/Resource Planning
Modeling and Simulation
Test Criteria and Test Measures
Test Item Configuration Control
Envelope Expansion
Earned Value Management for Test and Evaluation
Software T&E
Cost and Operational Effectiveness Analysis
Military Certification
FAA Certification
Best Practices
COTS
Risk Management and Safety in Flight Test
Texts and Reference Materials
Acquisition of Defense Systems
Operations Research Analysis in Test and Evaluation
Exercises
Test criteria and test measurement development
Detailed specification development
Examinations
Criteria oral presentation
Detailed specification oral presentation
