AEROSPACE REPORT NUMBER: TOR-2009(8591)-12, SUGGESTED CHECKLIST TO IMPROVE TEST PERFORMANCE IN THE SYSTEM TEST EQUIPMENT AREA (21 MAY 2009)

AEROSPACE REPORT NUMBER: TOR-2009(8591)-12, SUGGESTED CHECKLIST TO IMPROVE TEST PERFORMANCE IN THE SYSTEM TEST EQUIPMENT AREA (21 MAY 2009)., As test equipment is a very broad topic, this document provides help to engineers running system tests, addressing .a list of nine common problems, in no particular order: 1. Fragility/past end-of-life issues for the test systems 2. Operator error 3. Documentation of the test system 4. Robustness of the test system (i.e., it meets requirements, but just barely) 5. Data dropout or loss 6. Configuration control errors 7. Software coding errors 8. Unexpected behavior of the test system (again, it meets requirements, but has quirks) 9. Initialization/shutdown issues