DOD MANUAL 5000.100
T
EST AND EVALUATION MASTER PLANS AND
T
EST AND EVALUATION STRATEGIES
Originating Component: Office of the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation
Effective: December 9, 2024
Releasability: Cleared for public release. Available on the Directives Division Website
at https://www.esd.whs.mil/DD/.
Incorporates and Cancels: Director of Operational Test and Evaluation Memorandum, “Interim
Guidance for Test and Evaluation Master Plan Pilot Program,”
April 8, 2019
Director of Operational Test and Evaluation Memorandum, “TEMP
Guidebook Version 3.1,” January 19, 2017
Approved by: Douglas C. Schmidt, Director, Operational Test and Evaluation
Purpose: In accordance with the authority in DoD Directive (DoDD) 5141.02 and DoD Instruction
(DoDI) 5000.98, this issuance implements policy, assigns responsibilities, and provides procedures for
developing operational test and evaluation (OT&E) and live fire test and evaluation (LFT&E) input to
the test and evaluation master plan (TEMP), a test and evaluation (T&E) strategy, or an equivalent
product (referred to in this issuance as “TEMP/T&E strategy”) for DoD systems and services (referred
to in this issuance as “DoD systems”) acquired via the Defense Acquisition System or via other non-
standard acquisition systems.
