1、continuedTECHNICAL PAPER ABSTRACTS:A Successful Test and Evaluation Partnership in a Commercial Business EnvironmentDouglas C.CookJacobs Sverdrup Technology Group,Southfield,MichiganOne of the constants in both the Department of Defense(DoD)and commercial testing environments isthe pressure to maxim
2、ize the use of,while simultaneously minimizing the capital investments for,test facil-ities.A concurrent pressure,and recent phenomenon,especially within the automotive industry,is the recog-nition that the test processes and the analysis of test data are the key proprietary properties resulting fro
3、mtesting,and the test facility,while key to the execution of the test,is generally not considered to be of thesame proprietary nature.This paper presents an overview of a win-win-win arrangement within theautomotive industry.A background to understand the commercial testing environment is presented,
4、fol-lowed by a discussion of the implementation of a unique solution,which met the needs of all involved par-ties,concluded by a summary of the results of this first-of-a-kind partnership.ITEA JournalTheof Test and EvaluationDecember 2005/January 2006Volume 26,Number 4“Partnering forFuture T&E”FEATU
