MIL-PRF-85337 Manuals, Technical: Quality Assurance Program; Requirements ForThis specification establishes technical manual quality assurance \(TMQA\) requirements necessary to ensure the adequacy and accuracy of technical manual \(TM\) content through a coordinated contractor and Government program. Unless otherwise specified, the quality assurance \(QA\) requirements included in this specification apply to both printed/Portable Document Format \(PDF\) technical manuals and Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals \(IETMs\). Procedures are established for the development and implementation of a contractor program encompassing the conduct of TMQA program reviews, quality reviews, in-process reviews, adequacy reviews, validation, and verification requirements.

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of compliance with 3.2.3.1.4. As a minimum, the contractor shall establish procedures for the

following:

a. The selection of qualified suppliers.

b. The transmission of quality requirements for subcontractors and vendors.

c. The inspection of subcontractor and vendor records and corrective action procedures.

d. The evaluation of subcontractor and vendor material, processes and products.

4.7 Sampling plans. The contractor's QA organization shall, when appropriate, utilize

sampling techniques (see 3.2.3.1.5) for evaluation of the product. All TM products, regardless of

percentage of completion shall be sampled and evaluated in accordance with the TMQA program

to determine the acceptability of the product.

4.7.1 Classification of defects. The CD table associated with the contractor sampling plans

shall be made available during the Guidance and Quality Planning Conference (see 3.2.1.1). The

CD shall be patterned after the QA checks provided on the applicable QA checklists in this

section. The contractor and the Government may jointly classify additional defects applicable to

the specific products being procured.

a. Major defects typically include incorrect, incomplete or missing maintenance procedures,

hotspot and linking, safety requirements, etc.

b. Minor defects typically include typographical errors, incorrect format, pagination and

grammar and incorrect reference or linking to technical data from the table of contents.

4.8 Government inspection. The Government reserves the right to conduct a Guidance and

Quality Planning Conference and quality program reviews (see 6.2) throughout the term of the

contract to ensure compliance with the QA program plan, applicable TM specifications, the

contract, and the production of a quality product.

4.9 ln-process reviews. IPRs will be authorized and convened as deemed necessary by the

Government. When specified in the TMCR and TMQA program plan (see 6.2), the contractor is

responsible for supporting IPRs and providing access to technical manual materials and the

intermediate and final products. At a minimum, IPRs include evaluation of source data, TMCPP,

presentation methods on the display device, IETM technical content and functionality, TMCR

compliance, and readability. In addition, it may be necessary to conduct an IPR on TMs that are

to be prepared in a printed/PDF format. Detailed IPR requirements are provided in 4.9.1 through

4.9.4.1.

4.9.1 IPRs for S1000D technical publications. One or more IPRs for technical manuals

prepared in accordance with S1000D shall be scheduled based on the percentage of data

modules/publication modules completed as dictated by the Government or the approved TMCR.

NOTE: S1000D refers to an IETM as an Interactive Electronic Technical Publication

(IETP). The Government and the contractor shall agree on the scope and depth of each of the