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Guidance
Guidance
DoD Directives and Instructions
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DoDD 5141.02
2009 February
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DoDI 5000.89
2020 November
General T&E Guidance and Design Guidelines
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Validated Scales Repository
2020 July
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Criteria for Being Placed Under DOT&E Oversight
2018 July, DOT&E memorandum
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Memorandum of Agreement on Operational Suitability Terminology & Definitions To Be Used in OT&E, and Supplement 1
2017 August for S
upplement 1; original MOA dated 2016 February
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Clarifications on Pre-testing and Administration of Surveys
2017 January, memorandum
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Including Neutral Responses to Survey Questions
2015 April, memorandum
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Use and Design of Surveys
2015 February, memorandum
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Guidance on Use and Design of Surveys in OT&E
2014 June, memorandum
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Best Practices for Assessing the Statistical Adequacy of Experimental Designs Used in Operational Test and Evaluation
2013 July, memorandum
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Flawed Application of Design of Experiments (DOE) to Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E)
2013 June, memorandum
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Changes to Approved Operational Test Plans
2012 December, memorandum
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Independent OT&E Suitability Assessments
2012 October, memorandum
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Timeliness of OT&E Plans
2011 June, memorandum
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Guidance on the use of DOE in OT&E
2010 October, memorandum
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Use of Production-Representative Test Articles for IOT&E
2010 October, memorandum
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Timely Provision of Test Data
2010 May, memorandum
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Timely Analysis & Reporting of T&E Results
2010 April, memorandum
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Reporting of OT&E Results: Measures of Effectiveness vs. Measures of Performance
2010 January, memorandum
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Modification of Systems Subject to DOT&E Survivability Testing Oversight
2009 May, memorandum & legislation
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Design of Experiments (DOE) in Test and Evaluation
2009 May, memorandum of agreement
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Definition of Integrated Testing
2008 April, memorandum
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T&E Policy Revisions
2007 December, memorandum
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Policy on the Use of Test Data in Operational Evaluations
2000 September, memorandum
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MOA on MOT&E & JT&E
2000 August
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Policy on OT&E of Electromagnetic Environmental Effects & Spectrum Management
1999 October, memorandum
Guidance for TEMPs, Test Plans, etc.
♦ DOT&E TEMP Guidebook 3.1
2017 January
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DOT&E TEMP Guidebook 3.1
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memorandum
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DOT&E TEMP Guidebook 3.1
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Full PDF
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DOT&E TEMP Guidebook 3.1
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Web page
Information Technology, Software and Cybersecurity T&E
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Procedures for OT&E of Cybersecurity in Acquisition Programs
2018 April, memorandum
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Operational Testing of Joint Regional Security Stacks (JRSSs)
2016 August, memorandum
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Cybersecurity Testing of Systems Hosted in Defense Information Systems Agency Defense Enterprise Computing Centers
2016 August, memorandum
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Cybersecurity Operational Test and Evaluation Priorities and Improvements
2016 July, memorandum
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Cyber Economic Vulnerability Assessments (CEVA)
2015 January, memorandum
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Guidelines for OT&E of Information & Business Systems
2010 September, memorandum
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Software
Maturity Criteria for Dedicated OT&E of Software-Intensive
Systems
1994 May, memorandum
T&E Strategy and Planning
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DOT&E Science and Technology Strategic
Plan
2021 January
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Test & Evaluation Initiatives
2009 November, memorandum
Modeling & Simulation
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Clarifications on Guidance on the Validation of Models and Simulation used in Operational Test and Live Fire Assessments
2017 January, memorandum
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Guidance on the Validation of Models and Simulation used in Operational Test and Live Fire Assessments
2016 March, memorandum
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Modeling and Simulation
2002 June, memorandum
T&E of Space-Based Systems
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Guidance on Threat Representation in Operational Test and Evaluation of Space Systems
2016 March, memorandum
System- and Platform-Specific Guidance
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Standardization of Hard Body Armor Testing
2010 April, memorandum
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