2003年3月 “老试验员”的反思

The ITEA Journal of Test and EvaluationMarch/April 2003Volume 24,Number 1continuedTECHNICAL PAPER ABSTRACTS:Reflections of an“Old Tester”Walter W.HollisD e p u ty Under Se c re t a ry of the Army(O p e ra t i ons Research),Wa s h i n g t on,D.C.This pap er ad d resses some of the ch a l l e n g es facing the test and evaluation community.These c h a l l e n g es arise as equipment r e q u i r ements become based more and more on thed el ivery ofp a rticular milita ry capabilities as opposed to the histori cal ap p ro a ch ofd ef i n-ing a set ofp erf o rmance r e q u i r ements for individual pieces of e q u i p m e n t.A case in pointis the U.S.Arm ys recent acquisition of the bri gade sets of equipment cap a ble of ex e c u t i n g,as a unit,p a rticular milita ry missions.Lessons Learned:Testing Software Embedded in U.S.Department of Defense Weapon SystemsJag SodhiDefense Acquisition University,West Campus,San Diego,CaliforniaPrince SodhiBlackstone Technology Group,San Francisco,CaliforniaTesting software embedded in U.S.Department ofDefense(DoD)weapon systems is a com-plex and cost-dr iven task.Software components present a major development risk for DoDweapon systems because t