ABSTRACT
Good planning of the product incarnations—that is, a phased and incremental delivery of the feature content—makes it possible for an organization to employ tests, inspections, analysis, and demonstrations as tools for creating a competitive advantage. Each package is well defined; likewise, the test, inspection, and evaluation demands are well defined for all iterations. At its core, Test, Inspection, and Evaluation Master Plan Organized (TIEMPO) assists in coordinating product functionality improvement. Each package has a defined set of contents, against which our entire battery of quality safeguarding techniques is deployed. The TIEMPO document and processes begin with the system definition. Linked to the Configuration Management implementation, TIEMPO describes the iterative product development configurations that build up to final product functionality. TIEMPO expands the concept of a TEMP by focusing on staged deliveries, with each product/process release being a superset of the previous release.
