Automated Test Program Assessment System

This Phase I effort will establish the feasibility of capturing the available knowledge base of test expertise, outlining the logical workflow of the assessment process, and then capturing that knowledge in an automated tool. Windmill International hasteamed with Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp to provide the software tools and knowhow to capture the expert process outlined as part of the research.The results of this research effort will be a feasible initial concept for developing a Test ProgramAssessment tool that is user friendly and will allow lesser experienced test and acquisition professionals to take advantage of an expert assessment of their test program. This approach - of modeling and capturing an expert assessment capability can beapplied in many ways to similar situations within the commercial environment. Direct application to commercial test programs is one example, but any commercial work process can be captured, assessed, or optimized as a result of developing such a robustset of tools.