Electromagnetic environmental effects (E3) technical performance measures (TPMs)

A way of communicating electromagnetic environmental effects (E³) concepts to project/program management is discussed in this paper. Called "technical performance measures" (TPMs), it is a method for evaluating performance attributes using consistent judgment criteria. Attributes of subsystems may be evaluated and combined together to form system-level TPMs. While calculating system performance, weighting factors can be assigned to stress the importance of some subsystem attributes. Once the attributes are defined, judgment criteria established, and weighting factors determined, it only takes a minimal amount of time to update the TPMs periodically using a common tool such as Microsoft^™ Excel. This paper describes how TPMs can be constructed for E³, but the same concept can easily be extended to other engineering disciplines.