Upcoming Virtual STAT 110: Introduction to STAT Offerings
Open to government/military members (contractors may contact afit.ens.statcoe@us.af.mil).
STAT COE Course FAQ
STAT COE Class Syllabi (STAT, STAT-D, STAT-R)
STAT COE Class Syllabi (STAT-DSO-ISTQB-ASTQB)
Topics include fundamental testing knowledge and techniques, to advanced topics on test automation, performance testing, and model-based testing. Each certification is derived from a body of knowledge that includes a syllabus and glossary. This class will go through the different certifications that are available, the value they provide, and recommendations on how these certifications can benefit T&E professionals across a variety of work assignments and as part of T&E professional development.
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SES-equivalent, higher, or anyone interested in learning more about software testing certification options |
One-day (2-8hrs) |
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This one-day class, designed for any audience, will introduce The Scientific Test and Analysis Techniques (STAT) Process - a powerful methodology for test and evaluation. The class demonstrates how STAT is critical in the planning, design, execution, and analysis of test. The class shows application of the STAT process using real life case studies from the STAT COE. It introduces methods available in the STAT toolbox to evaluate system performance against identified requirements and highlights the uses of sequential testing. Students will leave this class with an understanding of the STAT Process and an arsenal of questions to ask during test planning to ensure your test program is rigorous and defensible. This class is intended for anyone interested in STAT for T&E and is typically delivered virtually in two half-day sessions.
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Recommended for anyone interested in STAT for T&E |
1 Day (6 hours) - typically delivered virtually over 2 days |
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This 5-hour survey module will walk students through the life cycle of a survey from initial creation to interpretation of end results. The module begins with a discussion on how to decide if a survey is needed and how surveys are developed using the Scientific Test and Analysis Techniques (STAT) process. Students will learn different sampling methods, pros and cons of types of survey questions, survey development, assessment of survey validity and reliability, traditional statistical analysis methods, and analysis of free response. Examples include the System Usability Survey, sample surveys, and an assortment of JMP demos.
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GS-11 and above or O-2 and above, or equivalent |
5 Hours |
5 |
Recommended for any T&E practitioner. Common job titles of those who have previously taken the class include: test engineer, test manager, and test scientist.
This 5-hour module will introduce fundamental concepts in supervised and unsupervised machine learning algorithms. The course begins with a discussion on the definition of machine learning and types of problems common in machine learning applications including: classification, numeric prediction, and clustering. The class will present examples and demonstrations of several machine learning algorithms to accomplish these tasks, comparing and contrasting competing algorithms. Students will learn best practices for implementing these algorithms to avoid model overfitting and methods for model comparison in order to select the most appropriate model for a given dataset. Demos and exercises with real-life examples will be presented in JMP (with accompanying R code supplied to students as an alternative).
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GS-11 and above or O-2 and above, or equivalent |
5 Hours |
5 |
Recommended for any T&E practitioner. Common job titles of those who have previsously taken the class include: test engineer, test manager, and test scientist.
This two-day class provides an overview of methods and concepts in reliability. The class emphasizes planning and analysis techniques for DoD reliability testing, both at the sub-system and system level. Students will learn how to apply the STAT process for reliability testing by assessing requirements, decomposing the system, creating a test design, and analyzing the results. Additional special topics include reliability growth methods, Bayesian reliability, and reliability software testing. This class is intended for practitioners, managers, and stakeholders with a few hands-on activities and software demonstrations.
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GS-07 to GS-14 and O-2 and above, or equivalent |
2 Days |
16 |
Recommended for any T&E practitioner. Common job titles of those that have taken the class in the past include: program manager, T&E lead, chief developmental tester, test engineer, test manager, test scientist, range/lab personnel, reliability engineer, reliability/RAM manager.
This five-day class is designed to teach students basic techniques and processes needed to create rigorous reliability tests, assess reliability metrics, analyze reliability data, and explain reliability growth. The class emphasizes planning and analysis techniques for DoD reliability testing, both at the sub-system and system level. Students are introduced to tools and techniques for system decomposition, risk tracking, reliability test designs, and analysis in order apply it their own testing efforts. The class includes advanced reliability topics and elective lessons that can be tailored to the organization’s requirements including reliability growth planning, tracking, and projection, Bayesian reliability, reliability software testing, assessing availability, and accelerated life testing. This class is intended for practitioners and reliability engineers with hands-on class projects and exercises to reinforce learning objectives.
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GS-11 and above or O-2 and above, or equivalent |
4.5 Days |
36 |
Recommended for any reliability T&E practitioner. Common job titles of those who have previously taken the class include: test engineer, test manager, test scientist, range/lab personnel, reliability engineer, reliability/RAM manager.
This five-day class in design of experiments (DOE) teaches students basic techniques and processes needed to create a statistically rigorous and defensible test for complex systems. A well-designed test can lead to reduced development lead time with fewer test runs required, provide greater insight into system performance, and ultimately lead to fielding better systems. Using examples from military test and evaluation (T&E) and the students’ own test experiences, the class has a strong applied flavor. Students will learn how to plan, design, and analyze tests efficiently and effectively. Students will learn a disciplined approach via the STAT Process to clearly define the test objectives, responses, input factors that impact the responses, and the recommended settings for these factors to effectively span the test space. Students will design effective tests and understand tradeoffs in risk versus test size through appropriate sample size computations. Students will construct efficient test run matrices, develop statistical models, test models for assumptions, and quantify the uncertainty of test results. Factorial, fractional factorial, and custom designs are the methods used throughout this class. Hands-on class projects and exercises will reinforce learning objectives.
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GS-11 and above or O-2 and above |
5 Days |
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Recommended for any T&E practitioner. Common job titles of those who have previously taken the class include: test engineer, test manager, and test scientist.
This class reinforces the fundamentals from DOE 251, examines (more closely) what a good design entails across a variety of metrics, introduces new classes of designs, and provides advanced modeling and analysis methods. Design evaluation topics include power, sample size, optimality, and aliasing criteria. Students will learn additional design approaches for realistic test issues such as constrained test regions, multiple factor levels, categorical factors, nuisance factors, and hard-to-change factors. Sequential design is highlighted with augmentation methods. The class begins by reinforcing and building upon student knowledge (from DOE 251) on factorials, power, fractional factorials, and optimal designs. Advanced material on definitive screening designs are addressed with additional focus on response surface methods to model nonlinear behavior particularly when the test objective is to optimize performance; several variations of response surface designs are presented. The class includes advanced DOE topics and elective lessons that can be tailored to the organization’s requirements including multiple response optimization, design optimality (with an introduction to robust screening and alias optimal designs), split-plot designs for hard-to-change factors, designs for software testing and others.
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GS-11 and above or O-2 and above |
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Recommended for any T&E practitioner. Common job titles of those who have previously taken the class include: test engineer, test manager, and test scientist.
This two-day class introduces the basic concepts of Scientific Test and Analysis Techniques (STAT), with a focus on Design of Experiments (DOE) and how it can be applied to test programs. The class emphasizes why DOE is important in DOD testing and how it can be applied for many different systems under test. Students will leave this class with an understanding of the STAT Process and an arsenal of questions to ask during test planning to ensure your test program is rigorous and defensible. Students will also learn test metrics to evaluate the risk that a program incurs by tracing risk through test planning, design, execution, and analysis. This class is intended for practitioners, managers, and stakeholders with a few hands-on activities and software demonstrations.
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This half-day class, designed for executives, will introduce the Scientific Test and Analysis Techniques (STAT) Process - a powerful methodology for test and evaluation. The class provides a high level overview of STAT with a focus on planning and reporting results. The class utilizes STAT COE case studies to demonstrate real-life applications of STAT. Executives will leave this class knowing how to support STAT implementation in their current work by asking insightful questions on STAT rigor.
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SES-equivalent or higher |
Half-day (4 hours) |
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Recommended for any T&E practitioner. Common job titles of who have previously taken the class include: program manager, T&E lead, chief developmental tester, test engineer, test manager, test scientist, range/lab personnel.
DevSecOps is changing the way in which DoD develops, deploys, and protects software intensive software and systems. This new paradigm requires an understanding of processes, tools, and techniques for Test and Evaluation (T&E). This two-day class, designed for senior T&E professionals (e.g., Test Managers, Test Leads), will define the DevSecOps software lifecycle as applied to Department of Defense software intensive systems. Goals and activities for each phase of the DevSecOps lifecycle will be covered. Software tools and automation used across DevSecOps will be demonstrated.
The class will follow each phase within the DevSecOps lifecycle and highlight senior T&E professional opportunities for applying Scientific Test and Analysis Techniques (STAT), software test automation, and security testing, within DevSecOps. Senior T&E professionals will leave this class with knowledge and understanding of what DevSecOps represents and how this affects T&E activities.
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GS-11 and above or O-2 and above, or equivalent |
Two-days (7 hours) |
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DevSecOps is changing the way in which DoD develops, deploys, and protects software intensive software and systems. This new paradigm requires an understanding of processes, tools, and techniques for Test and Evaluation (T&E). This three-day class, designed for T&E technical practitioners (e.g., Test Analysts, Test Engineers) and Test Teams (DT, OT, IT), will define the DevSecOps software lifecycle as applied to Department of Defense software intensive systems. Goals and activities for each phase of the DevSecOps lifecycle will be covered. Software tools and automation used across DevSecOps will be demonstrated and individuals will participate in live, hands-on exercises that demonstrate the various tools and technology that are used throughout DevSecOps. Includes content from DSO 220: DevSecOps - T&E Professional and adds hands-on exercises.
The class will follow each phase within the DevSecOps lifecycle and highlight T&E technical practitioner opportunities for applying Scientific Test and Analysis Techniques (STAT), software test automation, and security testing, within DevSecOps. T&E technical practitioners will leave this class with knowledge and understanding of what DevSecOps represents, and how this affects T&E technical activities.
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