September 2009 Version
Resources for Test and Evaluation and Systems Engineering Professionals
This document lists free or low cost resources (test and evaluation, systems engineering, and
acquisition resources), which are on-line or easily available.
This document lists the following types of resources: publications, websites, classes & training,
software resources, M&S resources, T&E resources, and systems engineering resources. (The first
line in each section is highlighted.)
Note: As a policy, the Defense Acquisition University (who developed this list of resources) does
NOT endorse any of the resources listed in this document.
Item / Name
Publications
Description / Information
Web-Link
The Acquisition
Life cycle management information on:
Process Wall Chart phases, milestones, technical reviews;
JCIDS process and documents;
contracting, logistics, sustainment;
Planning, Programming, Budgeting &
Execution Process (PPBE); systems
engineering and T&E processes and
events.
National Defense
Electronic version is free.
Magazine (NDIA
Journal)
https://acc.dau.mil/IFC/
Defense
Acquisition
Review Journal
Used to be called Acquisition Review
Quarterly
www.dau.mil/pubs/arqtoc.asp
Defense AT&L
Magazine
Used to be called Program Manager
Magazine
http://www.dau.mil/pubs/damtoc.asp
Government
Executive
Magazine
www.govexec.com
Government
Computer News
Magazine
www.gcn.com
CrossTalk
The Journal of Defense Software
Engineering
www.stsc.hill.af.mil
www.nationaldefensemagazine.org
Chips Magazine
Sponsored by Navy Chief Information
Officer, and SPAWAR IT Umbrella
Program Office
www.chips.navy.mil or
chips@spawar.navy.mil
Defense News
Magazine is NOT free. Website has some
free information
www.defensenews.com
Army AL&T
Magazine
http://asc.army.mil/altmag/
Aviation Week
Magazine is NOT free. Website has some
free information, articles, photos, links to
other websites
www.aviationnow.com
The ITEA Journal
of T&E
Magazine is NOT free (magazine comes
with ITEA membership). Website has
some free information, such as magazine
articles & abstracts.
www.ITEA.org
Early Bird
DoD related news articles
http://ebird.osd.mil
DoD News
Services
News releases, contract announcements,
photos, news archives.
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/dodnew
s.aspx
Links to Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine
Corps, war on terrorism, and other federal
government newsletters.
e-Letter
http://aimpoints.hq.af.mil/index.cfm
U.S. Air Force
AIM POINTS
Handbooks,
Guides,
Publications
Defense
Acquisition
Guidebook
T&E Management Guide
http://www.dau.mil/pubs/Online_Pubs.asp
Systems Engineering Fundamentals
Glossary Defense Acq. Acronyms/Terms
Intro. to Defense Acq. Management
Program Managers Tool Kit
Performance Based Logistics Guide
Scheduling Guide for PMs
Joint Program Management Handbook
Knowledge Mgmt. and IT Guide
COTS & Commercial Item Guide
COSSI Handbook
Guide to Incentive Strategies
Guide to Performance Based Services Acq
Interactive on-line version of the Defense https://akss.dau.mil/dag/
Acquisition Guidebook
Handbooks,
Guides,
Publications
Acquisition Logistics Guide
Contracting for the Rest of Us
DoD Guide for Achieving RM&A
DoD Guide, Uniquely Identifying Items
EVM Implementation Guide
Engineering Data Management Guide
Guide for Mgmt. of Multinational Pgms.
Risk Mgmt. Guide for DoD Acq.
Mngr’s Guide to Tech. Transition
GAO Reports (Acquisition Related)
DoD Acquisition Mgmt. Metrics
DoD IPPD Handbook
Technology Readiness Assessment Guide
Numerous other handbooks and guides.
http://akss.dau.mil/guidebookalphabeticLi
nks.do
Operational Test
Director’s Guide
COMOPTEVFOR publication
www.cotf.navy.mil/otdguide.htm
e-Handbook of
Statistical Methods
Handbook of Engineering Statistics
http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/
Guide to
Specification
Writing, for U.S.
Government
Engineers
NAVAIR publication
http://nawctsd.navair.navy.mil/resources/
library/acqguide/spec.htm
A Modular Open
Systems Approach
to Acquisition
Guidebook
www.acq.osd.mil/osjtf/pmguide.html
Defense
Procurement and
Acquisition Policy
Contracting guidebooks, policy and
information
www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/
DoD Corrosion
Prevention and
Control Planning
Guidebook
Guidebook and other corrosion prevention
information
http://www.corrdefense.org/default.aspx
DoD Guide to
Integrated Product
and Process
Development
Guidebook
http://sepo.spawar.navy.mil/DoD_Guide_
To_IPPD.pdf
https://akss.dau.mil/ Click on Guidebooks
and Handbooks (on the left column menu)
Top Eleven Ways
to Manage
Technical Risk
(NAVSO P-3686)
Risk Guide. Also information on
diminishing manufacturing sources and
material shortages.
http://www.gidep.org/mod_perl/framepag
e.cgi?pg=/data/dmsms/library/dmslibrary.
htm
Joint Testing
Handbook
Handbook
http://www.jte.osd.mil/ click on JT&E
handbook (menu on left side)
On-line Videos
and Training
Materials
View the following videos:
- DoD’s Business Transformation
- The PPBE Process
- The JCIDS Process
- DoDI 5000.02
- Corrosion Prevention
- Item Unique Identification
- Radio Frequency Identification
- Weapon Systems Acq. Reform Act
http://www.dau.mil/Performance_support/
RDT.asp
Virtual Library Pentagon
Virtual Library
http://www.whs.mil/library/
Virtual Library Naval
Postgraduate
School
Virtual Library
“Ask a Librarian”
http://www.nps.edu/Library/index.html
Virtual Library Library of
Congress
Virtual Library
http://catalog.loc.gov
Virtual Library Air Force
Institution of
Technology
Virtual Library
http://library.afit.edu/
Military Library
Network
Search electronic catalogs of more than 30 http://merln.ndu.edu
military libraries. Also has defense
related U.S. Policy statements on selected
key topics.
Library locator
Library locator. Also has access to
500,000 eBook titles
http://netlibrary.net
Project Gutenberg
(30,000+ public
domain books)
Public domain books
http://www.gutenberg.org/
Websites
AT&L Knowledge
Sharing System
(AKSS)
Policy documents
Glossaries & acronyms
Education / professional development info
News & publications
Rapid Deployment Training
Ask-A-Professor
http://akss.dau.mil
Acquisition
Community
Connection (ACC)
ACC – A website where the AT&L
workforce meets to share knowledge.
https://acc.dau.mil/
Join ACC and access important
acquisition resources, connect with
professionals in your field, share
information and knowledge (including
posting documents to the ACC website)
ACC has Communities of Practice /
Special Interest Areas for Systems
Engineering, Test & Evaluation, and
numerous others
Web-links
www.dau.mil/library/websites.asp
Acquisition
Central
Documents, instructions, website links
www.acqnet.gov
Navy Research,
Development &
Acquisition
Website
Website
http://acquisition.navy.mil/
Army Acquisition
Support Center
Website
http://asc.army.mil
Defense Science
Board (DSB)
Download or order DSB reports
www.acq.osd.mil/dsb/
Defense
Acquisition Policy
Center
Documents, Defense Acquisition Process
tutorial, DoD 5000 and JCIDS briefings,
Policy Documents
https://akss.dau.mil/dapc/index.aspx
AcqWeb USD(AT&L)
Website
Documents, OSD information & website
links, search engine
www.acq.osd.mil
Acquisition
website links
FARSite
Contracting docs, regs, forms, tools
http://farsite.hill.af.mil
Army Knowledge
Online, Defense
Knowledge Online
Army-wide and DoD-wide information,
Email, search engine, locator
https://www.us.army.mil
Navy Knowledge
Online
Navy-wide information
https://wwwa.nko.navy.mil
Air Force Portal
Air Force-wide information
www.my.af.mil
Marine Corps
Home Page
Marine Corps-wide information
www.marines.mil
Air Force Center
of Excellence for
Knowledge Mgmt.
Documents (search engine), samples &
examples, POC’s, web links, tools,
communities of practice (including T&E)
https://afkm.wpafb.af.mil
Air Force
Documentation
Documents, publications
http://afpubs.hq.af.mil
Army
Documentation
Documents, publications
www.apd.army.mil
Navy
Documentation
Documents, publications
http://doni.daps.dla.mil/default.aspx
Defense Technical
Information Center
DoD documents, reports, publications
(search, order docs)
www.dtic.mil
www.dtic.mil/whs/directives
DoD Locator &
Search Engine
Documents, websites, news releases
www.defenselink.mil
Government
Search Engines, links to government
Information Search information
Engines
http://www.usa.gov/
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/advancedsearc
h.html
Worldwide
Military
Installations Info.
Website
http://www.militaryinstallations.dod.mil/is
mart/MHF-MI/
DoD Military
Installations
DoD installation and duty station
information
www.militaryonesource.com
www.militaryHOMEFRONT.dod.mil/mo
ving
Air War College
DoD / military Lessons Learned
http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/awc
-lesn.htm
Air Force
Knowledge
Management
Best Practices / Lessons Learned
https://afkm.wpafb.af.mil
Center for Army
Lessons Learned
Best Practices / Lessons Learned
http://call.army.mil/
Acquisition Best
Practices
Clearinghouse
Best Practices (especially in areas of
systems engineering and software
acquisition.) Information on how to
implement & implementation results.
Numerous Lessons Learned web-links
https://bpch.dau.mil/pages/default.aspx
Naval
Postgraduate
School Library
http://www.nps.edu/library/research/subje
ctguides/index.html click on lessons
learned (which is listed under military
resources)
Marine Corps
Lessons Learned
Best Practices / Lessons Learned
https://www.mccll.usmc.mil/
DoD Quality
Management
Office
Numerous links and on-line resources
http://quality.disa.mil/
National Defense
Industrial
Association
(NDIA)
Documents, web-links, info on meetings
& events, links to NDIA committees &
local chapters.
www.ndia.org
Defense Acquisition University students
may obtain free NDIA membership
through the DAU website
Free NDIA membership for DAU
students: www.DAU.mil click on link in
lower left corner
North American
Technology &
Industrial Base
Organization
Website
www.dtic.mil/natibo
Office of
Technology
Transition
Website
http://www.acq.osd.mil/ott/
Research &
Engineering Portal
Information on federally funded R&D
projects (budget, planning, project
summaries, news highlights).
https://rdte.osd.mil
Search engine, links to other websites.
Independent
Research &
Development
Website
www.dtic.mil/ird
Defense Advanced
Research Projects
Agency (DARPA)
Website
www.darpa.mil
Human Systems
Integration (HSI)
and Advanced
Distributed
Learning
Websites, web-links
www.manprint.army.mil
http://www.dtic.mil/dticasd/org.html
http://spider.adlnet.gov/
Reliability
Analysis Center
Publications, tools, training
http://www.theriac.org/
Open Systems
Joint Task Force
Tools & guides, documents, lessons
learned
www.acq.osd.mil/osjtf/
Best
Manufacturing
Practices
Industry / Government / Academia
cooperative effort
www.bmpcoe.org/
Defense
Environmental
Network
Website
https://www.denix.osd.mil
DoD Chief
Information
Officer Website
Home page has Section 508 information.
Archives contains: Net-Centric docs &
checklist, Global Information Grid
guidance & docs, C3I documents.
www.defenselink.mil/nii/
DIACAP Website
DIACAP Knowledge Service Website
https://diacap.iaportal.navy.mil/
DoD Architecture
Framework
(DODAF)
version 2.0
Download DODAF docs (Volume I,
Volume II, Volume III).
https://dars1.army.mil/IER/index.jsp
https://www.us.army.mil/suite/page/4547
07
Joint Capability
Technology
Demonstrations
Website
http://www.acq.osd.mil/jctd/
Comparative
Testing Office
Administers the Defense Acquisition
Challenge (DAC) Program, and Foreign
Comparative Testing (FCT) Program
http://www.acq.osd.mil/cto/
Test Information
Free testing information (particularly
software testing) and articles from leading
consultants
www.stickyminds.com
Survivability /
Vulnerability
Information
Analysis Center
Website
www.bahdayton.com/surviac/
Director, OT&E
T&E website
www.dote.osd.mil
Deputy Director,
DT&E
T&E website
www.acq.osd.mil/sse/
Joint
Interoperability
Test Command
(JITC)
T&E / interoperability website
http://jitc.fhu.disa.mil
Test Resource
management
Center (TRMC)
T&E website
http://www.acq.osd.mil/trmc/
Range
Commanders’
Council
T&E website
https://wsmrc2vger.wsmr.army.mil/rcc/sel
mid.htm
International T&E
Association
(ITEA)
T&E website
http://www.itea.org/
Navy OT&E Force
(OPTEVFOR)
T&E website
www.cotf.navy.mil
Army T&E
Command (ATEC)
T&E website
www.atec.army.mil
Army T&E Office
T&E website
https://www.us.army.mil/suite/page/25
www.hqda.army.mil/teo
Marine Corps
OT&E Activity
(MCOTEA)
T&E website
http://www.quantico.usmc.mil/activities/?
section=MCOTEA
Air Force OT&E
T&E website
Center (AFOTEC)
www.afotec.af.mil
Joint Service T&E
information
T&E website
http://www.jte.osd.mil/
Hundreds of
Statistics Website
Links
Everything you ever wanted to know
about statistics! (Also data analysis,
evaluation, data collection &
management, etc.)
http://www.math.yorku.ca/SCS/StatReso
urce.html
www.resources4evaluators.info/
http://gsociology.icaap.org/methods
http://onlinestatbook.com/
Statistics Websites
(Statistics software
& tools)
Free statistical software & tools, statistical
software websites
http://gsociology.icaap.org/methods/soft.
html
http://gsociology.icaap.org/methods/stato
ntheweb.html
http://www.almc.army.mil/sed/KOOL/in
dex.asp
http://statpages.org/
Statistics Weblinks
& Tools
Free statistical software & tools, statistical
software websites
www.bettycjung.net
Click on site index. Then scroll down to
the statistics sections.
ACQuipedia
website
An online encyclopedia of common
defense acquisition topics.
https://acquipedia.dau.mil/
DoDTechipedia
website
Contains information on who is
performing what work in DoD research
and development.
https://www.dodtechipedia.mil/
Classes &
Training
Note: As a policy, the Defense
Acquisition University (who developed
this list of resources) does NOT endorse
any non-government sources of education
or training
Defense
Acquisition
University (DAU)
Courses
Web based Classes: ACQ 101, PQM 101, http://www.dau.mil/
SAM 101, SYS 101, SYS 202, TST 102, https://learn.dau.mil/
many others.
Resident Courses offered at numerous
locations: TST 203, TST 302, SYS 203,
SYS 302, many others.
DAU Strategic
Partnerships with
Colleges and
Universities
College credit for DAU classes
DAU credit for college classes
http://www.dau.mil/aboutdau/partnerships.aspx
DAU Continuous
Learning Modules
More than 200 continuous learning
modules - Can browse or take for credit.
http://clc.dau.mil/
Modules include:
- System Safety in Systems Engineering
- Technical Reviews
- Assessment of Tech. Readiness Levels
- Designing for Supportability
- Contracting for the Rest of Us
- IPT Management and Leadership
- Information Assurance
- Introduction to Interoperability
- Reducing Total Ownership Costs
- Risk Management
- M&S for T&E
- DTEPI Intro. to Probability & Statistics
- Testing in a Joint Environment
- Environmental Issues in T&E
- Telemetry
- Time-Space-Position Information
DAU Catalog and
iCatalog
Chapter 3 – Course descriptions
http://www.dau.mil/catalog/default.aspx
http://icatalog.dau.mil/
Appendix B – Career Field Certification
Requirements (Requirements for
DAWIA Certification)
Appendix C – Course equivalencies
Appendix D – Continuing Education
Units (CEUs)
Appendix E – American Council on
Education (ACE) recommended credits
DAU Support
Services
Research, analysis, consulting, problem
solving, targeted training
www.dau.mil Click on “Performance
Support”
U.S. Navy
Distance Learning
Distance Learning Courses & Degree
Programs
https://www.navycollege.navy.mil/storefr
ont.cfm
U.S. Government
E-Learning
Courses
International
Engineering
Consortium
Distance Learning Courses
www.golearn.gov
Distance Learning Courses
www.iec.org
International
Council on
Systems
Engineering
(INCOSE)
Distance Learning Courses
www.incose.org/educationcareers/shortco
urses.aspx
Federal
Acquisition
Institute
Distance Learning Courses
http://www.fai.gov/
Note: Other colleges and universities
(besides those listed) offer classes in
systems engineering. The following
universities offer on-line SE degrees or
certificates.
See the next eleven rows (listings) in this
table.
On-line M.S. Systems Architecture &
Engineering
http://www.usc.edu/dept/ise/
Oklahoma State
University
On-line M.S. Control Systems
Engineering
http://osu.okstate.edu/
University of
Alabama in
Huntsville (UAH)
Masters Certificate, Systems Engineering
(Also certificates in T&E, M&S, Rocket
Propulsion, and Reliability & Missile
Systems).
Classroom or distance learning.
www.coned.uah.edu
Systems
Engineering (SE)
On-Line Degrees
University of
Southern
California
National Technical
University (now
part of Walden
University)
Arizona State
University
Some DAU classes transfer towards UAH
certificates.
On-line M.S. degrees in Systems
Engineering, and Software Engineering
(312) 263-0456
(866) 492-5336
On-line Master of Engineering, in the
following areas: Modeling and
Simulation, Systems Engineering,
Software Engineering, Quality and
Reliability Engineering, Technical
Engineering Management, Industrial
Engineering, Electrical Engineering
On-line Graduate Certificate in Statistics
1-800-448-4035
http://www.waldenu.edu/c/Schools/Schoo
ls_1373.htm
http://cpd.asu.edu/online/
Southern
Methodist
University
Naval
Postgraduate
School
Air Force Institute
of Technology
MS, Systems Engineering (distance
learning or classroom setting).
Certificate programs.
Some DAU course credits may transfer.
DoD employees may receive reduced
tuition.
M.S. Systems Engineering
http://engr.smu.edu/emis/sys/
www.nps.edu
M.S. and Masters Certificate in Systems
and Engineering Management
On-line continuing education
www.afit.edu
On-Line
Engineering
Degrees
Search engine
www.classesusa.com
Engineering
degrees (some are
on-line)
Search engine
www.allengineeringschools.com
Systems
Engineering
Academic
Programs
World-wide listing
http://www.incose.org/educationcareers/a
cademicprogramdirectory.aspx
T&E Certificates
& Degrees
Note: Other colleges and universities
(besides those listed) offer classes in
T&E. The following universities offer
T&E related degrees or certificates.
See the next seven rows (listings) in this
table.
Air Force Institute
of Technology
M.S. in Operations Research. Masters
Certificate in Test and Evaluation.
www.afit.edu
University of
Alabama in
Huntsville
T&E Certificate
Systems Engineering Certificate
Modeling & Simulation Certificate
Classroom or distance learning
www.coned.uah.edu
University of
Florida
Graduate-level T&E Certificate
http://www.gerc.eng.ufl.edu/
Florida Institute of
Technology
M.S., Operations Research
www.fit.edu
Georgia Tech
T&E Certificate
www.terec.gatech.edu
1-800-448-4035
National Test Pilot
School
Masters programs, flight testing
www.ntps.com
Naval
Postgraduate
School
U.S. Army
Logistics
Management
College
Masters in Operations Analysis
http://www.nps.edu/Academics/Schools/
GSOIS/Departments/OR/index.html
Operations Research classes (also Army
Acquisition, Environmental Science, and
Logistics classes)
www.almc.army.mil
U.S. Air Force
Test Pilot School
Short courses
www.edwards.af.mil/ click on U.S. Air
Force Test Pilot School Information
Navy
COMOPTEVFOR
Operational Test Director Course
www.cotf.navy.mil
AFOTEC T&E
University
Courses focus on OT&E training for
AFOTEC personnel
Training@afotec.af.mil
(505) 846-6074
Army T&E Basic
Course (TEBC)
Course focuses on T&E training for Army
personnel
www.atec.army.mil/TEBC/tebc.htm
53rd Wing Design
of Experiments &
Statistics Classes
The U.S. Air Force 53rd Wing offers a
wide variety of Design of Experiments &
Statistics classes (many classes offered at
Eglin Air Force Base).
https://wwwmil.53wg.eglin.af.mil/milweb
/index.htm Click on training (on the
black menu bar at the top)
Access the website to sign up for an
account, view the schedule, get course
details, or register for a course.
Software
Programming and
Web-Development
More than 450 on-line classes
www.thedacs.com/training/element_k.php
Software
Resources
DoD Software
Data & Analysis
Center
Software engineering data & information http://www.thedacs.com/
(numerous software related areas),
Software Tech newsletter & E-newsletter,
“Golden Practices” including those for
software testing
Software Security
Assurance
Download the July 31, 2007 State-of-theArt Report (SOAR).
http://iac.dtic.mil/iatac/download/security.
pdf
Systems and
Software
Consortium, Inc.
(formerly Software
Productivity
Consortium, SPC)
Processes, methods, tools, support
services.
http://www.software.org/
Software Program
Managers Network
(SPMN)
Lessons learned, best practices, guides to
testing, configuration management.
Originally sponsored by DoD, but now a
commercial entity.
http://www.spmn.com
Army Software
Metrics Office
Information on metrics and Army
software initiatives
www.armysoftwaremetrics.org
Practical Software
& Systems
Measurement
Information based on best measurement
practices (DoD, government, industry)
and ISO Measurement Standard.
www.psmsc.com
Some assets only available to consortium
members.
Provides a basis for enterprise level
management. Provides some free
guidelines and handbooks.
Software
Engineering
Measurement and
Analysis (SEMA)
Initiative
SEMA is a technical initiative at the
Software Engineering Institute (SEI), that
provides guidance and expertise in the
field of software measurement and
analysis.
http://www.sei.cmu.edu/sema/publications
.html
Software
Engineering
Institute (SEI)
SEI is a DoD federally funded R&D
center, sponsored by the OSD AT&L.
http://www.sei.cmu.edu/
https://seir.sei.cmu.edu/seir/
Core purpose is to help others make
measured improvements in their software
engineering capabilities.
Web-links are the SEI home page, and
Software Engineering Repository of
technical information.
SEI Capability
Maturity Model
SEI was the original developer of the
Software Capability Maturity Model (SWCMM), which has been supplanted by an
integrated model called the CMMI.
Web-links give CMMI and legacy CMM
information.
http://www.sei.cmu.edu/cmmi/
http://www.sei.cmu.edu/cmm/
Software Security
Build Security in (BSI) website contains
and has links to best practices, tools,
guidelines, rules, principles, & other
resources for software developers,
architects, & security practitioners.
Air Force Software Publishes CrossTalk, monthly magazine
Technology
of software management issues and
Support Center
current practice, including testing.
(STSC)
Web-links are the STSC home page, and
“Guidelines for Successful Acquisition
and Management of Software Intensive
Systems” publications.
https://buildsecurityin.uscert.gov/daisy/bsi/home.html
http://www.stsc.hill.af.mil/
http://www.stsc.hill.af.mil/resources/tech
_docs/
Army CECOM
Software
Engineering
Center
Web-links are the home page, and a useful http://www.sed.monmouth.army.mil/sit/in
legacy checklist, Domain 6 which covers
dex.htm
T&E.
http://www.sed.monmouth.army.mil/sit/sit
start.htm
Marine Corps
Tactical Systems
Support Activity
Software support center
http://www.mctssa.USMC.mil
SPAWAR –
Software
Engineering &
Process Office
Process asset library covering all parts of
the software development process.
Software Management for Executives
Guidebook.
http://sepo.spawar.navy.mil
Acquisition
Community
Connection (ACC)
The ACC Systems Engineering and IT
Communities-of-Practice, and the
Software Acquisition Management
Special Interest Area, contain many
Software Related Resources
https://acc.dau.mil/
Continuous
Learning Center
(CLC) short
courses
Distance learning short courses available
for Information Assurance, Enterprise
Integration, Interoperability, Naval Open
Architecture, and the Net-Ready KPP
http://clc.dau.mil/
Federal Chief
Information
Officers Council
Website has best practices, guidebooks &
other documents
http://www.cio.gov
For Enterprise
Resource Planning
(ERP) projects:
DoD Enterprise Integration Toolkit
http://www.eitoolkit.com/
National
Vulnerability
Database
A comprehensive cyber security
vulnerability database that contains and
has links to numerous resources and
information sources.
http://www.us-cert.gov/nvd.html
M&S references and resources,
standards, and education
http://www.msco.mil/
M&S
Resources
Modeling &
Simulation
Coordination
Office
(formerly Defense
Modeling &
Simulation Office)
Links to service (& NATO) M&S
activities
M&S Resource
Repositories
Links to numerous M&S resources and
repositories
http://nmso.navy.mil/tab.cfm?tab=106
Air Force Agency
for Modeling &
Simulation
Documents, links, lessons learned
www.afams.af.mil
U.S. Army
Program Executive
Office for
Simulation,
Training and
Instrumentation
M&S Support Center
www.peostri.army.mil
Threat Systems
Office
Automated Joint threat Systems
Handbook (available on the SIPRNET) –
lists threat simulators, facilities, targets,
M&S, ranges, and foreign assets
For additional information, contact the
DOT&E Threat Systems Office:
www.dote.osd.mil/
Joint Accreditation
Support Activity
VV&A resources, training, archives
http://www.navair.navy.mil/nawcwd/jasa/
Navy M&S Office
Articles, information, help desk
https://nmso.navy.mil/
Air Force M&S
Resource
Repository
M&S Resources
https://afmsrr.afams.af.mil/
Army M&S
Resource
Repository
M&S Resources
https://www.msrr.army.mil/
Navy M&S
Resource
Repository
M&S Resources
http://nmso.navy.mil/
Verification,
Validation, &
Accreditation
(VV&A)
Recommended
Practices Guide
VV&A information, templates, reference
documents, diagrams.
http://vva.msco.mil/
http://dvdt.nmso.navy.mil/Help/MS_Inter
view.aspx
Annual DoD M&S
Awards
Outstanding Achievement in development
or application of M&S within DoD.
Discussion of VV&A activities (legacy,
new, or federation M&S) from
perspective of the User, Developer, M&S
Program Manager, V&V Agent, and
Accreditation Agent.
http://www.msco.mil/awardsprogram.html
www.trainingsystems.org/nomform.cfm
DoD awards are sponsored by the M&S
Coordination Office (formerly DMSO)
Industry & Academia awards sponsored
by National Training Systems Association
T&E
Resources
Central Test and
Evaluation
Investment
Program (CTEIP)
CTEIP objectives include:
- Fund & help solve shortfalls in T&E
infrastructure
- Achieve consistency, commonality &
interoperability
- Develop & exploit M&S to support T&E
- Develop mobile instrumentation
- Expand / maintain T&E technology base
http://www.acq.osd.mil/trmc/jipp/cteip/fu
nctions.htm
Acquisition
Community
Connection (ACC)
These ACC Special Interest Areas
contain many T&E related resources:
- Test & Evaluation
- TRMC T&E Science & Technology
- Operations Research/Systems Analysis
https://acc.dau.mil/
DOT&E
Publications
Various T&E related reports, articles
and/or presentations are available at the
DOT&E website.
www.dote.osd.mil/pubs.html
Range
Commanders
Council
Organization of DoD test, training and
operational range commanders that:
- Fosters cooperation & standardization
- Seeks solutions to common needs
- Establishes technical standards
- Facilitates technical & equipment
exchanges
- Forms technical working groups for
various functions
https://wsmrc2vger.wsmr.army.mil/rcc/sel
mid.htm
Test & Evaluation
/ Science &
Technology
Program (TEST)
Program Goals: To fund / exploit new
technologies, and expedite their transition
from the laboratory to the T&E
community.
https://acc.dau.mil
Website is for the Acquisition Community
Connection TEST Program special
interest area.
Note: The TEST Program is the
responsibility of the Department of
Defense Test Resource Management
Center (DTRMC), which reports to USD
(AT&L). DTRMC plans to put some
TEST Program information on their
(future) website.
Test Resource
Management
Center Annual
Report
Information on the CTEIP Program, T&E
Science & Technology Program, Test
ranges & resources, and other TRMC
programs and initiatives.
www.acq.osd.mil/trmc/publications.htm
Army OT Entrance
Criteria Templates
Appendix X of DA Pam 73-1 contains a
set of 33 detailed templates, covering all
aspects of T&E (Test Planning &
Documentation, System Design &
Performance, Test Assets & Support)
https://www.us.army.mil/suite/page/25
Army T&E
Publications
Army TEMP approval status report
“TEMP Preparation 101”
T&E Refresher Course
T&E WIPT “Smart Book”
Army T&E Strategic Plan
Army Guidelines: Use of M&S to support
T&E
Many other T&E reference documents
https://www.us.army.mil/suite/page/25
Army Software
Testing Standards
DA PAM 73-1 “T&E in Support of
Systems Acquisition”, Appendices Q & T
https://www.us.army.mil/suite/page/25
NAVAIR T&E
Training and
Guides
This NAVAIR website has:
- T&E training on the role of T&E, and
the T&E process
- T&E definitions
- T&E Guide for Project Engineers
- TEMP guidance, format, and training
http://nawctsd.navair.navy.mil/resources/li
brary/acqguide/testing.htm
Guidelines for
Conducting OT&E
of SoftwareIntensive System
Increments
Guidance for OT&E of software intensive
systems
http://sepo.nosc.mil/Guidelines_for_Cond
ucting_OT&E.doc
Defense
Acquisition
Guidebook
Chapter 9 has T&E
Resources &
Information
Section 9.3 lists DT&E resources &
guidelines
Section 9.4 lists OT&E resources &
guidelines
Section 9.5 lists LFT&E resources &
guidelines
Section 9.6 discusses T&E planning
documentation (TES and TEMP)
Section 9.8 lists T&E best practices
Section 9.10 presents the TEMP
recommended format
https://acc.dau.mil/dag
Joint T&E
Methodology
Capability Test Methodology Handbooks
for Testing in a Joint (distributed)
Environment. Also briefings & tutorials.
https://www.jte.osd.mil/jtemctm/handboo
ks/index.html
- Systems Engineering Plan (SEP)
Preparation Guide, and other related
documents
- Policy for Systems Engineering in DoD
- Contracting for Systems Engineering
- Designing & Assessing Supportability
in DoD Weapon Systems
- Technical review checklists
- System of Systems Engineering Guides
- Systems Engineering guides from
various organizations
http://www.acq.osd.mil/sse/
Systems
Engineering
Resources
DoD Systems
Engineering
Guidance
Click on policy and guidance.
Then click on policy, for systems
engineering policy memos and
instructions – or click on guidance &
tools, for other systems engineering
documents
Air Force Center
for Systems
Engineering
Air Force Systems Engineering Info., SE
guidance and resource docs, SE web-links
http://www.afit.edu/cse/
Air Force
Deskbook –
Engineering
Detailed engineering documents, for use
by acquisition professionals
https://afkm.wpafb.af.mil/ASPs/deskbook/
index2.asp?Filter=OOEN&Cat=EN&Type=WA
SPAWAR Systems Navy systems engineering information:
Engineering
Links & library for systems engineering,
Process Office
software engineering, process
improvement, project management
http://sepo.spawar.navy.mil/
Links to INCOSE Systems Engineering
Handbook, Industry SE standards, NASA
guidebooks and standards
NAVAIR
Acquisition Guide
Acquisition Roadmap has a graphical
flowchart, with detailed descriptions &
guidance.
Policies, documents, links, search engine.
http://nawctsd.navair.navy.mil/resources/li
brary/acqguide/acqguide.htm
Detailed information on contracts,
configuration mgmt., funding, logistics,
and numerous other topics.
Navy Technical
Reviews Info. &
Guides
Technical review checklists, entry & exit
criteria, other information on technical
reviews.
http://nawctsd.navair.navy.mil/resources/li
brary/acqguide/reviews.htm
Navy Technical
Reviews
Handbooks &
Checklists
Detailed handbooks & checklists for each
technical review
http://www.navair.navy.mil/kms/41g/
Roll your mouse/curser over each review
to access handbooks & checklists
Defense
Acquisition
Guidebook
Chapter 4 Systems
Engineering (SE)
Resources & Info.
- Section 4.2 discusses the eight technical https://acc.dau.mil/dag
processes & eight technical mgmt.
processes
- Section 4.3 discusses SE activities in
the System Life Cycle
- Section 4.4 discusses 21 SE design
considerations
- Section 4.5 discusses key SE tools &
techniques
- Section 4.6 discusses best practices,
case studies, and lessons learned
- Section 4.7 discusses SE resources
International
Council On
Systems
Engineering
(INCOSE)
Non-profit membership organization.
Website has:
- News & events
- Publications & book reviews
- Systems Engineering Primer
- Technical resources & tools
- Technical Measurement Guide
- Systems Engineering job bank
- Professional certification program
- INSIGHT newsletter
- Listing of SE short courses
- Directory of SE Academic Programs
- Ethics for Engineering Professionals
www.incose.org
DoD Architecture
Framework
(DoDAF)
Integrated Architectures include:
Operational Views (OV), Systems &
Services Views (SV), Technical
Standards Views (TV)
https://dars1.army.mil/IER/index.jsp
https://www.us.army.mil/suite/page/45470
7
Website links to DODAF documents
(Volumes I, II, and III)
Communities of
Practice & Special
Interest Areas,
which are available
on the Acquisition
Community
Connection
(ACC)
Systems Engineering
Risk Management
Data Management
Program Management
Earned Value Management
Logistics Management
Science & Technology Management
Spectrum & E3 Compliance
Environmental Safety & Occupational
Health
Reliability & Maintainability
Test and Evaluation
Unique Identification
Production Quality & Manufacturing
Information Technology
Joint Rapid Acquisition
https://acc.dau.mil
Risk Management
Information &
Tools
The Acquisition Community Connection
has a wealth of risk management
information & tools, including: risk
management systems, databases, analysis
tools, templates.
https://acc.dau.mil, click on risk
management
The Reliability
Toolkit
Publications, documents, tools
http://quanterion.com/
The ASSIST
Database
Download DoD Standards &
Specifications, HAZMAT information,
Data Item Descriptions (DIDs), adopted
Non-Governmental Standards, links to
industry & international specs &
standards, DoD POCs
http://assist.daps.dla.mil/
For example, can download:
MIL-STD-810F, DoD Test Method
Standard (environmental testing)
MIL-STD-882D, System Safety
MIL-STD-963B, Data Item Descriptions
MIL-HDBK-245D, Statement of Work
(SOW) Preparation
MIL-HDBK-881A, Work Breakdown
Structure
MIL-HDBK-502, Acquisition Logistics
MIL-HDBK-61A, Configuration
Management
MIL-STD-961E, Defense & Program
Unique Specifications
MIL-STD-1521B (canceled), Technical
Reviews
DoD
Specifications &
Standards
Repository
Specifications & standards
http://dodssp.daps.dla.mil
American National
Standards Institute
Specifications & standards
www.ansi.org
Institute for
Electrical and
Electronic
Engineers
Specifications & standards
www.ieee.org
Specifications & standards
http://www.nssn.org/
Specifications & standards
http://www.iso.org/iso/home.htm
National
Standards
Systems Network
International
Organization for
Standardization
(ISO)
Specifications &
Standards Tools
Turbo SpecRite (a tool to assist in
http://acquisition.navy.mil/aosfiles/tools/s
developing performance specs), and other pecright/sdg.htm
specifications & standards tools
The Joint
Spectrum Center
(JSC)
The JSC website has:
An electromagnetic spectrum chart,
contact information, links to numerous
other websites (DoD, Services, U.S.
Government, International)
http://www.disa.mil/jsc/index.html
NAVSO P-6071,
Best Practices –
How to Avoid
Surprises During
the Transition from
Development to
Production
Identifies potential bad consequences,
and specific (proven) best practices to
avoid or alleviate these consequences
http://www.dau.mil/educdept/mm_dept_r
esources/guidance/6071.pdf
DoD 4245.7-M,
Transition from
Development to
Production
Provides assistance in: structuring
technically sound programs, assessing
program risks, identifying areas needing
corrective action.
www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pub1
.html
http://www.dau.mil/library/
Note: DoD 4245.7 was expanded into 4
books (available from the Defense
Acquisition University library):
- Design to Reduce Technical Risk
- Design’s Impact on Logistics
- Moving a Design into Production
- Testing to Verify Design and
Manufacturing Readiness
DoD IT Standards
Registry (DISR)
DISR contains lists of standards, which
are applicable to all DoD systems that
produce, use, or exchange information.
(Links to the standards organizations are
provided.)
DISR was formerly called Joint
Technical Architecture (JTA).
DISRonline website replaces (includes)
the former JTA website. DISRonline is
the electronic version of DISR / JTA.
DISRonline contains tools, questionnaires,
user guides to create IT profiles
https://disronline.disa.mil/
DoD
Manufacturing
Technology
Program – Guides
and Publications
DoD Technology Readiness Assessment
Deskbook
Manager’s Guide to Technology
Transition in an Evolutionary Acquisition
Environment
Technology Transition for Affordability:
A Guide for S&T Program Managers
Adopting Commercial Practices in DoD
Defense Science & Technology Planning
Documents. QDR & Transformation
Planning Guidance.
https://www.dodmantech.com