LESSON 11 from TST102 Test and Evaluation from Defense Acquisition University

- How extensive and successful have any modeling and simulation efforts

been? Successful efforts would drive the appropriate confidence level down

(meaning less testing is required)

- Is the item's design stable or in flux; evolutionary or revolutionary?

Items that evolve from well-behaving legacy systems and that have stable

designs likely require less testing (meaning a lower confidence level is

appropriate)

- What are the consequences of failure? The lower the consequence, the

lower the amount of testing is needed (again meaning a lower confidence

level is appropriate)

- Are there fiscal realities that may force the program to assume higher

risk (meaning a lower confidence level and less testing result)?