This course focuses on the test and evaluation practices that are essential if complex systems are to be developed to meet users' expectations for functional and physical performance. The course provides a broad overview of all aspects of test and evaluation, its role as part of systems engineering, its relationship to verification and validation, major types of T&E (development T&E, acceptance T&E, and operational T&E), and major T&E plans and documentation. The course has a strong practical element, both in terms of the introduction to the topic as well as formal practice through exercises.