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
/ Description / Information / Web-LinkPublications
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. / https://acc.dau.mil/IFC/
National Defense Magazine (NDIA Journal) / Electronic version is free. / www.nationaldefensemagazine.org
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
Chips Magazine / Sponsored by Navy Chief Information Officer, and SPAWAR IT Umbrella Program Office / www.chips.navy.mil or
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.
Links to Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, war on terrorism, and other federal government newsletters. / http://www.defenselink.mil/news/dodnews.aspx
U.S. Air Force AIM POINTS / e-Letter / http://aimpoints.hq.af.mil/index.cfm
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
Knowledge Mgmt. and IT Guide
COTS & Commercial Item Guide
COSSI Handbook
Guide to Incentive Strategies
Guide to Performance Based Services Acq / http://www.dau.mil/pubs/Online_Pubs.asp
Defense Acquisition Guidebook / Interactive on-line version of the Defense Acquisition Guidebook / https://akss.dau.mil/dag/
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/guidebookalphabeticLinks.do
https://akss.dau.mil/ Click on Guidebooks and Handbooks (on the left column menu)
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
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/framepage.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 military libraries. Also has defense related U.S. Policy statements on selected key topics. / http://merln.ndu.edu
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.
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 / https://acc.dau.mil/
Acquisition website links / 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
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 Information Search Engines / Search Engines, links to government information / http://www.usa.gov/
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/advancedsearch.html
Worldwide Military Installations Info. / Website / http://www.militaryinstallations.dod.mil/ismart/MHF-MI/
DoD Military Installations / DoD installation and duty station information / www.militaryonesource.com
www.militaryHOMEFRONT.dod.mil/moving
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. / https://bpch.dau.mil/pages/default.aspx
Naval Postgraduate School Library / Numerous Lessons Learned web-links / http://www.nps.edu/library/research/subjectguides/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.
Defense Acquisition University students may obtain free NDIA membership through the DAU website / www.ndia.org
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).
Search engine, links to other websites. / https://rdte.osd.mil
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/454707
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/selmid.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 Center (AFOTEC) / T&E website / 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/StatResource.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/statontheweb.html
http://www.almc.army.mil/sed/KOOL/index.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, SAM 101, SYS 101, SYS 202, TST 102, many others.
Resident Courses offered at numerous locations: TST 203, TST 302, SYS 203, SYS 302, many others. / http://www.dau.mil/
https://learn.dau.mil/
DAU Strategic Partnerships with Colleges and Universities / College credit for DAU classes
DAU credit for college classes / http://www.dau.mil/about-dau/partnerships.aspx
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 / http://clc.dau.mil/
DAU Catalog and iCatalog / Chapter 3 – Course descriptions
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 / http://www.dau.mil/catalog/default.aspx
http://icatalog.dau.mil/
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/storefront.cfm
U.S. Government E-Learning Courses / Distance Learning Courses / www.golearn.gov
International Engineering Consortium / Distance Learning Courses / www.iec.org
International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) / Distance Learning Courses / www.incose.org/educationcareers/shortcourses.aspx
Federal Acquisition Institute / Distance Learning Courses / http://www.fai.gov/
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 degrees or certificates. / See the next eleven rows (listings) in this table.
University of Southern California / 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.
Some DAU classes transfer towards UAH certificates. / www.coned.uah.edu
1-800-448-4035
National Technical University (now part of Walden University) / On-line M.S. degrees in Systems Engineering, and Software Engineering
(312) 263-0456
(866) 492-5336 / http://www.waldenu.edu/c/Schools/Schools_1373.htm
Arizona State University / 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 / http://cpd.asu.edu/online/
Southern Methodist University / MS, Systems Engineering (distance learning or classroom setting).
Certificate programs.
Some DAU course credits may transfer.
DoD employees may receive reduced tuition. / http://engr.smu.edu/emis/sys/
Naval Postgraduate School / M.S. Systems Engineering / www.nps.edu
Air Force Institute of Technology / 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/academicprogramdirectory.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