T&E Professional Body of Knowledge Course

Provide Certified Test & Evaluation Professional Body of Knowledge Course training to NSWC PHD’s Test & Evaluation workforce that increases efficiency in execution of mission tasking. This course will review the fundamentals of Test & Evaluation which are covered in the Certified Test and Evaluation Professional (CTEP) Foundational exam. The course includes an introduction with a short history of Test & Evaluation in the Federal Government and an overview of the Department of War (DoW) Acquisition Process (with references to Navy, FAA, DHS, Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E), and other DoW agencies). The class then focuses on the Certified Test and Evaluation Professional (CTEP)Body of Knowledge (BOK) including the four subject domains: Test and Evaluation (Test & Evaluation) Planning (Requirements Analysis, Test & Evaluation strategy, Evaluation approach, Test Planning, Test & Evaluation Cost, Management, Contracting for Test & Evaluation, Organizational planning, Risk identification and management, Specialized Types of testing); Test & Evaluation Design (Test Adequacy and Scientific Test and analysis techniques); Test and Evaluation Execution (Test Control Management, Data Management, and Test Safety / Certification); and Test Data Analysis, Evaluation and Reporting (Data Verification and Validation, Validation of Test Results, Evaluation, Reporting, Cyber Resilience / Cybersecurity Analysis, Model Validation, and Data Analytics).