**DATA ITEM DESCRIPTION**

**Title:** Test and Evaluation Program Plan (TEPP)

**Number:** DI-NDTI-81284 **Approval Date:** 920911

**AMSC Number:** N6787 **Limitation:** N/A

**DTIC Applicable:** No **GIDEP Applicable:** No

**Office of Primary Responsibility:** **Applicable Forms:** N/A

**Use/relationship:**

The Test and Evaluation Program Plan (TEPP) describes the contractor\'s
plan for

conducting tests and analyzing the test results to show how the system
will satisfy the

requirements of the applicable design specification.

This Data Item Description (DID) contains the format and content
preparation instructions for the data product generated by the specific
and discrete task requirement as delineated in the contract.

**Requirements:**

[Format.]{.underline} The Test and Evaluation Program Plan (TEPP) shall
be in the contractor\'s

format and shall conform to the following:

[Page size.]{.underline} The plan shall be typewritten or printed on
standard size paper, e.g.,

8 1/2 by 11 inches or metric A4. The pages shall be sequentially
numbered and security

bound together. If graphic material exceeds one page, it shall be
one-way foldouts. All

attachments shall be identified and referenced in the text. Each section
and paragraph shall be numbered.

[Table of contents and index.]{.underline} If the plan is more than 30
pages in length, it shall contain a table of contents. If the plan is
more than 120 pages in length, it shall also include an index.

[Content requirements.]{.underline}

[Title page.]{.underline} The title page shall include the following:

a.  Identification of system being tested.

b.  Contractor\'s name.

c.  Contract number.

d.  Security classification.

e.  Distribution statement.

[Introduction.]{.underline} The introduction shall describe the plan and
its relationship to other elements of the total program plan. This
section shall include definitions of inspection network/classes,
integrated test planning, and development and production applicability.

[Test and evaluation program objectives.]{.underline} The TEPP shall
outline the contractor\'s plans in meeting the following objective:

a.  Verification - that the design yields the specified performance.

b.  Confidence - that fabrication defects, marginal design, marginal
    parts, and marginal components (if any exist) are detected early in
    the test sequence.

c.  Minimum risk - that proceeding with the program\'s next major effort
    (field deployment) will no uncover significant design inadequacies.

d.  Survival verification - that the elements of the system can survive
    the environments predicted to be encountered during transportation,
    handling, installation and field operation.

e.  Compatibility and operational readiness verification -- that \'the
    system and all of its subsystems, as built and assembled, are
    compatible with each other and are capable of performing the
    required mission functions.

f.  System characterization - by establishing the operating signature of
    the performance through calibration and combination of segment,
    subsystem, and unit level performance data.

g.  Buy-off basis - for the acceptance and delivery of the system.

[Organizational responsibility and test management.]{.underline} This
section shall define the test management approach to provide for
continuity of test effort and to arrange for the application of unique
skills and experience to the test program. General and specific
organization responsibilities of each contractor and agency shall be
identified, as well as, the responsibilities of participating
organizations, i.e., Joint Test Group (JTG).

[Tests and examinations.]{.underline} The TEPP shall identify and
describe the following test and examination requirements:

[Flow diagram:]{.underline} The plan shall include an overall flow
diagram of the test and deployment program. This flow shall he
sequentially arranged to include all significant test milestones and
efforts in the development phase, associated with each class of test;
hardware and software integration schedules; requirements for test
concurrency; contractor/agency responsible for each test event; and any
additional information which clarifies the description of the test
program. The flow diagram shall reflect predicted dates for significant
milestones instead of month following contract award.

[References:]{.underline} List all documents upon which the TEPP is
based on which relate significantly to any portion of the test effort.

[Test objectives:]{.underline} This section shall specify broad
objective for each test. Objectives shall he stated in terms of
satisfying system specification and subsystem specification
requirements. It is particularly important that this section support a
unified set of objectives for the entire test program so that redundant
testing shall be eliminated and the test program shall evolve smoothly
through each succeeding phase.

[Test support requirement:]{.underline} This section shall identify and
describe all significant technical and logistical support required to
implement each test. These requirements should be expressed in
sufficient detail to permit a determination of whether the Government
has the capability. In addition, this section shall identify the
following major requirements for each test phase:

a.  Instrumentation - identify special test equipment, and equipment
    requiring long lead times to develop or procure.

b.  Test logistics - identify logistics requirements including supply
    maintenance and transportation.

c.  Facilities - indicate the major and special facilities required to
    support the test effort, including simulation requirements,
    Government facilities, environmental test facilities, and plans for
    validating that facility interfaces and support capabilities are
    both realistic and compliant with design documentation.

d.  Data processing requirements - identify requirements for data
    processing equipment, including estimates of total number of
    processing hours required. Identify any special computer programs
    for test conduct (simulation, .etc. ), data reduction, or test
    analysis.

[Special tests:]{.underline} This section shall provide a list and brief
explanation of special or unusual tests and examination necessary to
verify satisfactory equipment performance to specification.

[Test documentation.]{.underline} This section shall identify
documentation requirements for each phase of the test program. It shall
describe generation and approval processes, document change and revision
control and interdepending among test and engineering documentation.

End of DI-NDTI-81284