Downloaded from https://www.everyspec.com b. Plan, conduct, and report the system evaluation or assessment. The system evaluator will participate in ICTs and IPTs and ensure participation of the testers, when needed. c. Optimize the use of data obtained from models, simulations, and testbeds, as well as prototypes. The system evaluator may monitor contractor system tests and other non-TEMP data sources in order to validate data. The system evaluator will provide evaluation reports to all interested members of the acquisition team and to MS decision review bodies. The system evaluator will continually assess all assigned systems throughout their life-cycle.
The system evaluator will participate in T&E WIPTs, ICTs, system design reviews, supportability WIPTs, and other working groups as required. 2–33. Doctrine developer The doctrine developer will develop the employment and support tactics, techniques, and procedures for the system and assist the combat and training developers with doctrinal aspects of their respective TSP and OT readiness statements/ reviews. 2–34. Functional proponent The functional proponent will establish and document system requirements, COIC, and test support packages for non- tactical C4/IT and formulate the concepts explaining the intended use of the system. 2–35.
Logistician The logistician, in support of T&E, will conduct the logistic evaluation of systems being acquired and assures that logistics are adequately addressed in the TEMP and detailed test plans. The logistician participates in T&E WIPTs, ICTs, logistic assessment reviews, and other working groups as required. 2–36. Training developer and trainer In support of T&E, the training developer and trainer will develop the training strategy, requirements, and package for individual, collective and unit training; conduct or oversee training for OT; and certify that the soldier players are ready for OT. Chapter 3 Test and Evaluation in Support of Systems Acquisition and Development 3–1.
Introduction a. The primary purpose of T&E is to support systems development and acquisition. Army T&E provides informa- tion to— (1) MATDEV for identifying and resolving technical and logistical issues. (2) Decision-makers responsible for procuring effective, suitable, and survivable systems. (3) All to make the best use of limited resources. (4) Operational users (CBTDEV, trainers, and logisticians) for refining requirements and supporting development of effective doctrine, training, tactics, techniques, and procedures, and organization for the system. b. T&E strategies will integrate all testing and M&S activities as an efficient continuum, as required by DOD and Army policies.
With this goal in mind, the Army has consolidated its major T&E functions and resources. Both developmental and operational testers, in concert with the system evaluator, assist the MATDEV and CBTDEV in developing an integrated T&E strategy that optimizes the use of all testing, M&S, and other credible events as appropriate to the program. c. Army T&E is conducted to demonstrate the feasibility of conceptual approaches, evaluate risks, identify alterna- tives, and compare and analyze tradeoffs toward an iterative process so as to verify the achievement of critical technical parameters and answer critical operational issues and criteria.
The iterative process of testing changes emphasis as a system evolves toward design goals. As the system moves toward the FRP decision review, emphasis shifts to the attainment of documented thresholds and objectives by a production representative system when employed by typical user personnel under realistic field conditions. This iterative process is called the Simulation, Test, and Evaluation Process (STEP). d. Using the STEP, DOD integrates M&S with T&E to improve the acquisition process and reduce acquisition cycle times. The STEP simulations provide predictions of system performance and effectiveness and use tests to provide empirical data to validate M&S.
This is referred to as the model-test-model process. Tests also support assessment of system maturity and conformance with performance specifications and determine system effectiveness, suitability, and survivability. The goal of testing is to learn about the system. Evaluation is the means to understand system military utility. e. The iterative use of system M&S and test supports the overall evolutionary design and development of a system. SMART (Simulation and Modeling for Acquisition, Requirements and Training) is the Army’s implementation of 13 AR 73–1 • 1 August 2006