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Archive

What DOT&E's Saying
♦ Senate Armed Services Committee Holds Hearing on Nominations -- Watch Director Guertin’s confirmation hearing to learn more about him and his goals for operational test and evaluation . - October 19, 2021
Training
Action Officer Training Classes - updated 2016 December
♦ Reliability
♦ Survey Design and Best Practices
Use of Surveys in OT&E
♦  SUS Scoring Methodology
♦  SUS Spreadsheet Excel file
♦  Test Design, Statistical Analyses in TEMPs, Test Plans, and Reports
♦  Test Science Motivation and Report Guidance for DOT&E Action Officers
♦  Test Design, Statistical Analyses in TEMPs, Test Plans, and DOT&E Reports -- Introduction and Course Overview
♦  Test Planning Foundations
♦  Experimental Designs
♦  TEMP and Test Plan Review Examples
♦  Statistical Analysis Overview
♦  Statistical Model Selection
♦  Advanced Analysis Methodologies
♦  Cybersecurity Training
♦  Cybersecurity Training in OT&E for DOT&E Action Officers
♦  DOT&E Cybersecurity Procedures
♦  Cybersecurity OT&E Myths
♦ Procedures for OT&E of Cybersecurity in Acquisition Programs
Memos
♦ Briefing on "Best Practices for the Business of Test and Evaluation" is Fatally Flawed and Unsuitable for Decision-Making - January 2017
♦ Test and Evaluation of Defense Programs Memo - June 2011
♦  Production-Representative Test Articles for Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E) - October 2010
♦  Guidance on the use of Design of Experiments (DOE) in Operational Test and Evaluation - October 2010
♦  Guidelines for Conducting OT&E for Software-Intensive System Increments - June 2003
Reports
Test Science Roadmap Final Report

♦  Report on the Test Science Roadmap - July 2013
♦ Appendices to the Report on the Test Science Roadmap - July 2013

♦  Developing a Reliability Investment Model - July 2008
♦  LMI Report on Empirical Relations Between Reliability Investments and Life-Cycle Support Costs - June 2007
Articles
♦ Dr. Gilmore's Key Issues Causing Program Delays in Defense Acquisition ITEA Journal - December 2011
♦ Dr. Gilmore wrote the latest "Inside the Beltway" article for the ITEA Journal - September 2011