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... Appendix C Implementation Guidelines
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... Test and evaluation aids decisionmakers by verifying that systems have attained their technical performance specifications and objectives and are operationally effective and suitable for their intended use. The acquisition polices also state that a linkage should exist between COEAs and test and evaluation.
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... The COEA aids decisionmakers in judging whether or not any of the proposed alternatives to the current program offer sufficient military benefit to be worth the cost. Test and evaluation aids decisionmakers by verifying that systems have attained their technical performance specifications and objectives and are operationally effective and operationally suitable for their intended use.
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... should document how the COEA MOEs and related MOPs will be addressed in test and evaluation. Consistency should be maintained between all the acquisition management documentation.
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... to reaffirm the decision that the selected alternative is a cost effective approach to satisfying an operational government. If the system effectiveness thresholds stipulated in the APB and ORD and used in the COEA are not supported by test results, the COEA sensitivity analyses should be available to assist in determining whether the system, as tested, still offers sufficient military benefit to be worth its cost and whether the system can be confirmed to be operationally effective and operationally suitable.
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  • acquisition process
  • effectiveness analyses
  • management documentation
  • sufficient military
  • technical performance

  • test limitations
  • related mops
  • performance specifications
  • decision authority
  • acquisition policy

  • relating cost
  • operationally suitable
  • evaluation aids
  • consistently throughout
  • coea moes

  • operational requirements
  • requirements document


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