Resources for Test and Evaluation and Systems Engineering Professionals

Resources for Test and Evaluation and Systems Engineering Professionals (August 2010 Version)

Resources for Test and Evaluation and Systems Engineering Professionals

This collection of valuable acquisition resources was developed by the Defense Acquisition University as an aid to test and evaluation, systems engineering, and other acquisition professionals.

This documentlists the following types of free or low cost,online or readily accessible resources: publications, websites, classes & training, software resources, M&S resources, T&E resources, and systems engineering resources. Each section title is highlighted.Contact Karen Stadler o suggest additions or updates to this document.

Note: As a policy, the Defense Acquisition University (author of this list of resources) does NOT endorse any of the resources listed in this document.

Item / Name

/ Description / Information / Web-Link
Publications
The Acquisition Process Wall Chart / Life cycle management information on: 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 Magazine (NDIA Journal) / Electronic version is free. /
Defense Acquisition Review Journal / Used to be called Acquisition Review Quarterly /
Defense AT&L Magazine / Used to be called Program Manager Magazine /
Government Executive / Magazine /
Government Computer News / Magazine /
CrossTalk / The Journal of Defense Software Engineering /
Click on the CrossTalk link to access the magazine.
Chips Magazine / Sponsored by Navy Chief Information Officer, and SPAWAR IT Umbrella Program Office / or
Defense News / Magazine is NOT free. Website has some free information /
Army AL&T / Magazine /
Aviation Week / Magazine is NOT free. Website has some free information, articles, photos, links to other websites /
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. /
Early Bird / DoD related news articles /
DoD News Services / News releases, contract announcements, photos, news archives.
Links to Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, war on terrorism, and other federal government newsletters. /
U.S. Air Force AIM POINTS / e-Letter /
Handbooks, Guides, Publications / T&E Management Guide
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
COTS & Commercial Item Guide
COSSI Handbook
Guide to Incentive Strategies
Guide to Performance Based Services Acq /
Click on General Publications, Guidebooks, and/or DPAP Publications
Defense Acquisition Guidebook / Interactive on-line version of the Defense Acquisition Guidebook /
Handbooks, Guidebooks / Acquisition Logistics Guide
Contracting for the Rest of Us
DoD Guide for Achieving RM&A
DoD Guide, Uniquely Identifying Items
EVMImplementation 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. /
Policy Documents and other Acquisition-related documents / First link is for acquisition-related laws, instructions, regulations, policy memos, reports, FAR and DFARS info., etc.
Second link is for news and publications.
Both can be sorted by career field, organization, or topic. /

Operational Test Director’s Guide / COMOPTEVFOR publication /
e-Handbook of Statistical Methods / Handbook of Engineering Statistics /
Guide to Specification Writing, for U.S. Government Engineers / NAVAIR publication /
A Modular Open Systems Approach to Acquisition / Guidebook /

Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy / Contracting guidebooks, policy and information /
DoD Corrosion Prevention and Control Planning Guidebook / Guidebook and other corrosion prevention information /
DoD Guide to Integrated Product and Process Development / Guidebook /
Top Eleven Ways to Manage Technical Risk (NAVSO P-3686) / Risk Guide. Also information on diminishing manufacturing sources and material shortages. /
Joint Testing Handbook / Handbook / click on JT&E handbook (menu on left side)
Virtual Library - Pentagon / Virtual Library /
Virtual Library - Naval PostgraduateSchool / Virtual Library
“Ask a Librarian” /
Virtual Library - Library of Congress / Virtual Library /
Virtual Library - Air Force Institution of Technology / Virtual Library /
Military Library Network / Search electronic catalogs of more than 30 military libraries. Also has defense related U.S. Policy statements on selected key topics. /
Library locator / Library locator. Also has access to 750,000 eBook titles /
Project Gutenberg (30,000+ public domain books) / Public domain books /
Websites
Defense Acquisition Portal (DAP) / Policy documents
Acquisition workforce info.
Education / professional development info
News & publications
Industry support for acquisition – news & weblinks
Ask-A-Professor
Air Force Acquisition Policy Fact Pages /
Acquisition Community Connection (ACC) / ACC – A website where the AT&L workforce meets to share knowledge.
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 /
Acquisition website links / Web-links /
Acquisition Central / Documents, instructions, website links /
Acquipedia / Online encyclopedia of common defense acquisition topics /
DoDTechipedia website / Contains information on who is performing what work in DoD research and development. /
Navy Research, Development & Acquisition Website / Website /
ArmyAcquisitionSupportCenter / Website /
Defense Science Board (DSB) / Download or order DSB reports /
AcqWeb - USD(AT&L) Website / Documents, OSD information & website links, search engine /
Defense Acquisition Management Information Retrieval (DAMIR) / DAMIR identifies various data sources that the Acquisition community uses to manage Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAP) and Major Automated Information Systems (MAIS) programs, and enables the OSD, Military Services, Congress and other participating communities to access this information. /
FARSite / Contracting docs, regs, forms, tools /
Army Knowledge Online,Defense Knowledge Online / Army-wide and DoD-wide information, Email, search engine, locator /
Navy Knowledge Online / Navy-wide information /
Air Force Portal / Air Force-wide information /
Marine Corps Home Page / Marine Corps-wide information /
AirForceCenter of Excellence for Knowledge Mgmt. / Documents (search engine), samples & examples, POC’s, web links, tools, communities of practice (including T&E) /
Air Force Documentation / Documents, publications /
Army Documentation / Documents, publications /
Navy Documentation / Documents, publications /
DefenseTechnicalInformationCenter / DoD documents, reports, publications (search, order docs) /

DoD Locator & Search Engine / Documents, websites, news releases /
Government Information Search Engines / Search Engines, links to government information /

Worldwide Military Installations Info. / Website /
DoD Military Installations / DoD installation and duty station information /

Air War College / DoD / military Lessons Learned /
Air Force Knowledge Management / Best Practices / Lessons Learned /
Center for Army Lessons Learned / Best Practices / Lessons Learned /
Acquisition Best Practices Clearinghouse / Best Practices (especially in areas of systems engineering and software acquisition.) Information on how to implement & implementation results. /
Naval PostgraduateSchool Library / Numerous Lessons Learned web-links / click on lessons learned (which is listed under military resources)
Marine Corps Lessons Learned / Best Practices / Lessons Learned /
National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) / Documents, web-links, info on meetings & events,links to NDIA committees & local chapters.
DefenseAcquisitionUniversity students may obtain free NDIA membership through the DAU website /
Free NDIA membership for DAU students and faculty:
North American Technology & Industrial Base Organization / Website /
Office of Technology Transition / Website /
Research & Engineering Portal / Information on federally funded R&D projects (budget, planning, project summaries, news highlights).
Search engine, links to other websites. /
Independent Research & Development / Website /
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) / Website /
Human Systems Integration (HSI) and Advanced Distributed Learning / Websites, web-links /


ReliabilityAnalysisCenter / Publications, tools, training /
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, & Nuclear Defense Information Analysis Center / Chemical, Biological, Radiological, & Nuclear Defense and Homeland Security Scientific and Technical Information /
Chemical Propulsion Information Analysis Center / U.S. national clearinghouse and resource center for chemical rocket propulsion technical information and research services. /
Military Sensing Information Analysis Center / Purpose is to foster communications within the Military Sensing Technology community; create standards; and collect, analyze, synthesize, maintain, distribute critical information within the field. /
Weapons Systems Technology Information Analysis Center / Purpose is to provide information and engineering services related to conventional and directed energy weapons, their development, production, fielding, and maintenance. /
Advanced Materials, Manufacturing, and Testing Information Analysis Center / The DoD Center of Excellence responsible for acquiring, archiving, analyzing, synthesizing, and disseminating scientific and technical information related to advanced materials, manufacturing, and testing. /
Open Systems Joint Task Force / Tools & guides, documents, lessons learned /
Best Manufacturing Practices / Industry / Government / Academia cooperative effort /
Defense Environmental Network / Website /
DoD Chief Information Officer Website / Home page has Section 508 information. Archives contains: Net-Centric docschecklist, Global Information Grid guidance & docs, C3I documents. /
DIACAP Website / DIACAP Knowledge Service Website /
DoD Architecture Framework (DODAF)
version 2.0 / Download DODAF docs (Volume I, Volume II, Volume III). /

Joint Capability Technology Demonstrations / Website /
Comparative Testing Office / Administers the Defense Acquisition Challenge (DAC) Program, and Foreign Comparative Testing (FCT) Program /
Test Information / Free testing information (particularly software testing) and articles from leading consultants /
Survivability / Vulnerability Information
AnalysisCenter / Website /
Director, OT&E / T&E website /
Director, DT&E / T&E website /
Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) / T&E / interoperability website /
Test Resource management Center (TRMC) / T&E website /
Range Commanders’ Council / T&E website /
International T&E Association (ITEA) / T&E website /
Navy OT&E Force (OPTEVFOR) / T&E website /
Army T&E Command (ATEC) / T&E website /
Army T&E Office / T&E website /

Marine Corps OT&E Activity (MCOTEA) / T&E website /
AirForceOT&ECenter (AFOTEC) / T&E website /
Joint Service T&E information / T&E website /
Hundreds of Statistics Website Links / Everything you ever wanted to know about statistics! (Also data analysis, evaluation, data collection & management, etc.) /



Statistics Websites (Statistics software & tools) / Free statistical software & tools, statistical software websites /


Statistics Weblinks & Tools / Free statistical software & tools, statistical software websites /
Click on site index. Then scroll down to the statistics sections.
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 AcquisitionUniversity(DAU) Courses / Web based Classes: ACQ 101, PQM 101, SAM 101, SYS 101, SYS 202, TST 102, many others.
Resident Courses offered at numerous locations: TST 203, TST 303, SYS 203, SYS 302, many others. /

DAU Strategic Partnerships with Colleges and Universities / College credit for DAU classes
DAU credit for college classes /
DAU Continuous Learning Modules / More than 200 continuous learning modules - Can browse or take for credit.
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 / - Course descriptions
- Career Field Certification Requirements (Requirements for DAWIA Certification)
- Course equivalencies
- Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
- American Council on Education (ACE) recommended credits /

DAU Support Services / Research,analysis, consulting, problem solving, targeted training /
U.S. Navy Distance Learning / Distance Learning Courses & Degree Programs /
U.S. Government E-Learning Courses / Distance Learning Courses /
International Engineering Consortium / Distance Learning Courses /
International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) / First web-link is for Distance Learning Courses
Second web-link is for Systems Engineering certification /

Federal Acquisition Institute / Distance Learning Courses /
Systems Engineering (SE) On-Line Degrees / Note: Other colleges and universities (besides those listed) offer classes in systems engineering. The following universities offer on-line SE degreesor certificates. / See the next eleven rows (listings) in this table.
University of Southern California / On-line M.S. Systems Architecture & Engineering /
OklahomaStateUniversity / On-line M.S. Control Systems Engineering /
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.
Some DAU classes transfer towards UAH certificates. /
1-800-448-4035
NationalTechnicalUniversity (now part of WaldenUniversity) / On-line M.S. degrees in Systems Engineering, and Software Engineering
(312) 263-0456
(866) 492-5336 /
ArizonaStateUniversity / 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 /
Southern MethodistUniversity / MS, Systems Engineering (distance learning or classroom setting).
Certificate programs.
Some DAU course credits may transfer.
DoD employees may receive reduced tuition. /
Naval PostgraduateSchool / M.S. Systems Engineering /
Air Force Institute of Technology / M.S. and Masters Certificate in Systems and Engineering Management
On-line continuing education /
On-Line Engineering Degrees / Search engine /
Engineering degrees (some are on-line) / Search engine /
Systems Engineering Academic Programs / World-wide listing /
T&ECertificates & 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. /
University of Alabama in Huntsville / T&E Certificate
Systems Engineering Certificate
Modeling & Simulation Certificate
Classroom or distance learning /
1-800-448-4035
University of Florida / Graduate-level T&E Certificate /
Florida Institute of Technology / M.S., Operations Research /
Georgia Tech / T&E Certificate /
NationalTestPilotSchool / Masters programs, flight testing /
Naval PostgraduateSchool / Masters in Operations Analysis /
U.S.ArmyLogisticsManagementCollege / Operations Research classes (also Army Acquisition, Environmental Science, and Logistics classes) /
U.S.AirForceTestPilotSchool / Short courses, and Test Pilot School Information / click on U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School Information
Electronic Warfare T&E University / Short Courses /
Navy COMOPTEVFOR / Operational Test Director Course /
AFOTECT&EUniversity / Courses focus on OT&E training for AFOTEC personnel /
(505) 846-6074
Army T&E Basic Course (TEBC) / Course focuses on T&E training for Army personnel /
Air Force Design of Experiments & Statistics Classes / Air Armament Academy offers a variety of Design of Experiments & Statistics classes (many classes offered at Eglin Air Force Base).
Once you access the website, click on College of Test and Evaluation. /
Register with the Air Force Knowledge Now system to access this web-page.
Software Programming and Web-Development / More than 450 on-line classes /
Software Resources
DoD SoftwareData & AnalysisCenter / Software engineering data & information (numerous software related areas), Software Tech newsletter E-newsletter, “Golden Practices” including those for software testing /
Software Security Assurance / First web-link: Download the July 31, 2007 State-of-the-Art Report (SOAR).
Second web-link: Information Assurance Technology Analysis Center /

Systems and Software Consortium, Inc. (formerly Software Productivity Consortium, SPC) / Processes, methods, tools, support services.
Some assets only available to consortium members. /
Software Program Managers Network (SPMN) / Lessons learned, best practices, guides to testing, configuration management.
Originally sponsored by DoD, but now a commercial entity. /
Practical Software & Systems Measurement / Information based on best measurement practices (DoD, government, industry) and ISO Measurement Standard.
Provides a basis for enterprise level management. Provides some free guidelines and handbooks. /
Software Engineering Measurement and Analysis / The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) provides guidance and expertise in the field of software measurement and analysis. /
Software Engineering Institute (SEI) / SEI is a DoD federally funded R&D center, sponsored by the OSD AT&L.
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 (SW-CMM), which has been supplanted by an integrated model called the CMMI.
Web-links give CMMI and legacy CMM information. /

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. /
AirForceSoftwareTechnologySupportCenter (STSC) / Publishes CrossTalk, monthly magazine of software management issues and current practice, including testing.
Web-links are the STSC home page, and “Guidelines for Successful Acquisition and Management of Software Intensive Systems” publications. /

ArmyCECOMSoftwareEngineeringCenter / Web-links are the home page, and a useful legacy checklist, Domain 6 which covers T&E. /

Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity / Software support center /
SPAWAR – Software Engineering & Process Office / Process asset library covering all parts of the software development process.
Software Management for Executives Guidebook. /
Acquisition Community Connection (ACC) / The ACC Systems Engineering and IT Communities-of-Practice, and the Software Acquisition Management Special Interest Area, contain manySoftware Related Resources /