Acquisition, Test Management, and Operational Test and Evaluation
Robert E. McShea · Institution of Engineering and Technology eBooks · 2014
In DT&E, the evaluators are tasked to determine if the system meets the requirements of the specification, the stated capability or the terms of the contract. In fact, the majority of the time spent in DT&E is to get the system to perform its intended function. DT&E progresses from the development to demonstration phases of test until enough data are collected to statistically prove that the requirements have been met. OT&E ensures that the system is effective and suitable in real-world scenarios under operational conditions. The test methodology is different, and more importantly the evaluators need to know how the system will be utilized operationally as opposed to operations in a sanitized test world.