KILLING the ‘CREEP’


JLTV is one of the first major programs to implement DOD’s competitive prototyping policy to fill a gap in today’s light tactical vehicle fleet, balancing payload, performance and protection. Preventing test creep has been a major concern in that ef fort, which is why the project of fice and the program’s stakeholders worked to ensure that testing ef forts weren’t derailed by unplanned and unfunded test data requirements.


by LTC Misty L. Martin, Ms. Danielle Wayda, Mr. Steve Martin and Mr. Josh Pagel T


he Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) program is one of the first to imple- ment DOD’s competitive prototyping policy. Established in 2007, the policy stipulates that two or more competing original equipment man- ufacturers (OEMs) must produce prototypes to reduce risk, maximize


performance, decrease costs and synchronize requirements. Simply put, this means that in addition to the normal test objectives and issues, all JLTV OEM vehicle proto- types were required to be tested consistently, fairly and separately.


Te JLTV program’s engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase con- cluded in late 2014 after an aggressive, 14-month test schedule specifically intended to generate data sufficient to inform the Source Selection Evaluation Board (SSEB) and the capability production document (CPD) development, and provide data for the Milestone C (MS C) decision. Each of the many testing categories contained numerous subtests addressing requirements and required diligent management


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avoid costly “test creep”—unplanned and unfunded test data requirements identified after the start of test execution. Simply put, test creep adds risk—in cost, schedule and performance—to programs and can delay or even end an otherwise successful program. Successfully avoiding these impacts to the program’s tight schedule and bud- get required detailed planning and budgeting, careful management and control, and


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