Guidance

Guidance

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2020
♦ DoDI 5000.89 2020 November
2018
♦ Designation of Programs for Director Operational Test & Evaluation Oversight 2018 July
♦ Procedures for OT&E of Cybersecurity in Acquisition Programs 2018 April
2017
♦  MOA on Operational Suitability Terminology & Definitions to be used in OT&E 2017 May (with August update)
♦  DOT&E TEMP Guidebook 3.1 2017 January
♦  Clarifications on Guidance on the Validation of Models and Simulation used in Operational Test and Live Fire Assessments 2017 January

♦  Survey Pre-Testing and Administration in Operational Test and Evaluation 2017 January
2016
♦  Operational Testing of Joint Regional Security Stacks (JRSSs) 2016 August
♦  Cybersecurity Testing of Systems Hosted in Defense Information Systems Agency Defense Enterprise Computing Centers 2016 August
♦  Cybersecurity Operational Test and Evaluation Priorities and Improvements 2016 July
♦  Guidance on the Validation of Models and Simulation used in Operational Test and Live Fire Assessments 2016 March
♦  Guidance on Threat Representation in Operational Test and Evaluation of Space Systems 2016 March
2015
♦  Discussion on Including Neutral Responses on Survey Questions 2015 April
♦  Discussion on the Use and Design of Surveys 2015 February
♦  Cyber Economic Vulnerability Assessments (CEVA) 2015 January
2014
♦ Guidance on the Use and Design of Surveys in OT&E 2014 June 2014 June
2013
♦ Best Practices for Assessing the Statistical Adequacy of Experimental Designs Used in Operational Test and Evaluation 2013 July
♦ Flawed Application of Design of Experiments (DOE) to Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E) 2013 June
2012
♦ Changes to Approved Operational Test Plans 2012 December
♦ Independent OT&E Suitability Assessments 2012 October
2011
♦ Timeliness of OT&E Plans 2011 June
2010
♦  Guidance on the use of DOE in OT&E 2010 October
♦  Use of Production-Representative Test Articles for IOT&E 2010 October
♦  Guidelines for OT&E of Information & Business Systems 2010 September
♦  Timely Provision of Test Data 2010 May
♦  Standardization of Hard Body Armor Testing 2010 April
♦  Timely Analysis & Reporting of T&E Results 2010 April
♦  Reporting of OT&E Results 2010 January
2009
♦  T&E Initiatives 2009 November
♦  Modification of Systems Subject to Survivability Testing Oversight 2009 May
♦  Using DOE for OT&E 2009 May
♦  DoDD 5141.02 2009 February
2008
♦ Definition of Integrated Testing 2008 April
2007
♦ T&E Policy Revisions 2007 December
2002
♦ Modeling and Simulation 2002 June
2000
♦ Policy on the Use of Test Data in Operational Evaluations 2000 September
♦ MOA on MOT&E & JT&E 2000 August
1999
♦ Policy on OT&E of Electromagnetic Environmental Effects & Spectrum Management 1999 October
1994
♦ Software Maturity Criteria for Dedicated OT&E of Software-Intensive Systems 1994 May