Test and evaluation master plan (TEMP) is a critical aspect of project management involving complex systems that must satisfy specification requirements.
The TEMP is used to support programmatic events called milestone decisions that separate the individual phases of a project.
For military systems, the level of funding determines the Acquisition Category and the organization responsible for the milestone decision.
[3] It covers activities over a program’s life-cycle and identifies evaluation criteria for the testers.
For military systems, this would be a combat scenario, and it may involve Live Fire Test and Evaluation (LFT&E).
Electronic data collection may be started and stopped as one of the actions described in the test scenario.
Measures of performance are specific metrics that have a pass or fail limit that must be satisfied.
Another type of MOP is the distance that a radar can detect a 1 square meter reflector.
Measures of suitability evaluate the ability to be supported in its intended operational environment.
Diagnostic testing ensures these expectations are satisfied for the duration of the mission.