We received word yesterday that OSD AT&L has extended the Requirements Management Certification Training (RMCT) billet coding suspense from 25 Aug 2012 to 5 Oct 2012.   

 

Here's the link to the original memo signed by Admiral Winnefeld and Mr. Kendall:  https://acc.dau.mil/CommunityBrowser.aspx?id=516055&lang=en-US

 

AT&l’s goal is to ensure a trained and current requirements work force, identify and assess the size of the work force, and assist the services, CCMDs, and agencies in  managing their training planning and certification through both the military personnel data systems and the Defense Personnel Data System (DCPDS).

 

Please pass this info on to your appropriate offices…

 

-         To visit DAU’s Requirement Management CoP, click here: https://acc.dau.mil/requirements.  

-         To submit content or ask questions, click here: RMCT@dau.mil.

A couple of updates impacting our requirements community:

 

1.  As part of our DAU requirements management curriculum, we address rapid acquisition.  For example, in RQM 310, we use a computer simulation exercise to examine a notional Joint Urgent Operational Need (JUON) situation.  Follow the link below to access an article describing a JUON-related policy update currently in the works:

 

http://insidedefense.com/Inside-Missile-Defense/Inside-Missile-Defense-07/11/2012/carter-directs-new-policy-for-fulfilling-urgent-cocom-weapon-requests/menu-id-83.html

 

When this approved policy hits the streets, we’ll include it in our curriculum and on our RMCoP as soon as we can...

 

2.  We’re also preparing to teach the fifteenth offering of RQM 310 next week.  RQM 310 is our week-long classroom course necessary for DoD Level C requirements management certification.  I mention it here since this is our second “double” offering.  Normally, we teach a class of 30 individuals – this double offering will have 50 students.  We’re doing this now to work out any logistical kinks in anticipation of a possible increase in RQM 310 demand.

 

My posting of articles in this blog do not constitute any type of endorsement – either by myself, the Defense Acquisition University, or the Department of Defense.

 

-        To visit DAU’s Requirement Management CoP, click here: https://acc.dau.mil/requirements.  

-        To submit content or ask questions, click here: RMCT@dau.mil.

Hello everyone.  A quick posting to catch you up on some recent news. 

 

We recently taught our RQM 403 Requirements Executive Overview Workshop (REOW) to four Navy executives (three admirals and one civilian SES).  One fascinating element that came up throughout the day was energy usage and its impact on DOD’s capabilities.  The very next day, the Wall Street Journal ran a piece addressing that very subject.  Here’s the link:  http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303410404577464580499454136.html

 

Also, here’s a link to an interesting article that summarizes the Army’s intentions for its future vehicle capability needs:  http://www.defensenews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2012306110001

 

A large study that addresses capabilities - not a CBA.

 

Finally, last Friday, we conducted our quarterly webinar with graduates from our RQM 310 class.  The discussions mainly revolved around two subjects:  recent JCIDS changes – mostly addressing proposed JCIDS alternative documentation formats and the recent requirements billet coding memo signed on 25 May 2012 by Admiral Winnefeld and Mr. Kendall.  We’ll post the webinar slides to our RMCoP site shortly.   If you wish to participate in our next webinar in September, please contact me at jack.mohney@dau.mil.  We're not limiting participation to RQM 310 graduates...

 

The opinions expressed in these articles are those of the authors and speakers.  I share these public, non-DoD articles in this blog to provide information to those interested in information related to requirements management.  The posting of these articles do not constitute my endorsement or the endorsement of the Defense Acquisition University, or the Department of Defense.

 

-         To visit DAU’s Requirement Management CoP, click here: https://acc.dau.mil/requirements.  

-         To submit content or ask questions, click here: RMCT@dau.mil.

Hello and welcome to the inaugural blog of the Requirements Management Community of Practice (RMCoP). My name is Jack Mohney, Professor of Requirements Management at DAU.  One of my duties is to partner with Ivan Teper, DAU Knowledge Manager, to direct this CoP. He and I have discussed at length our vision, goals, and tasks. Ultimately, we envision this CoP to be DoD’s most up-to-date and easy-to-use source for requirements-related information. Thus, we see this blog as focusing on DoD capabilities analysis and requirements development issues. However, since this is the very first blog, let’s look at some fundamentals so you know what to expect with future postings.  

 

First, this CoP must be user-friendly to survive. This is where Ivan and I come in. He and I are working the mechanics of the RMCoP to improve how we deliver the requirements message. Our bottom line is to make this site easy to use so you can find the info you need – fast. If we make this site as user-friendly as possible, we presume you’ll be motivated to routinely come back for more. Thus, we need your feedback – especially things you see that we missed – and will ask for your thoughts often. However, user-friendliness alone is not nearly enough to motivate the widespread use of this RMCoP.   

 

Second, this CoP needs good information to grow. Ivan and I are only the stewards of this site. At the risk of furthering a cliché, the RMCoP’s usefulness to the requirements community ultimately depends upon that community. He and I both realize that current AND relevant content is the RMCoP’s biggest vulnerability. Yet where does all of this content exist? It exists out there – with you. Therefore, you can expect that our future postings will often ask for articles, documents (especially service and component-related), policies, lessons learned, and all sorts of other content.

 

Third, this CoP needs meaningful dialogue to thrive. We always find it fascinating how much better we do our jobs when we interact with others. Ultimately, our goal is to see this community become an interactive, thriving network of requirements professionals – operating on auto-pilot with occasional DAU tweaking. Again, in future postings, you can expect us to ask the community to weigh in on particular subjects – if nothing else, to promote some spirited debate.

 

So there you have it – a short introductory requirements post. Our bottom-line goal is to develop this CoP into a mechanism you find useful when both coping with today’s requirements challenges and anticipating tomorrow’s requirements issues. We look forward to hearing from each of you. To visit the RMCoP, click here: https://acc.dau.mil/requirements. To submit content or ask questions, click here: RMCT@dau.mil.