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Acquisition Process
Three processes cooperate to deliver capabilities needed by warfighters: the requirements process (JCIDS); the acquisition process (DAS); and the program and budget development process (PPBE). Includes links to DoD and Service policies, guidance, tools, and resources:
Policy
Encyclopedic source of acquisition policy that follows a hierarchy of policy issuance (i.e., executive, legislative, federal, etc.) and filtered according to organization, career field, and special topics.
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Links to communities of practice and special interest areas, the latest contribution and discussion posts for open ACC communities, community highlights, and links to related communities.
Training andContinuous Learning
Information on training and continuous learning that supports DoD acquisition, information that helps manage professional training portfolios, and information on training available from DAU and DoD and Services activities.
Industry
Information on DoD industry partners that helps the participation and execution of DoD processes; including industry support pages, news, information, and links to private sector acquisition contractors.
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Kathy Spainhower
This page introduces and illustrates the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS) and provides a few links to the documents, multimedia, and training that support JCIDS.
For more information, select any of the sub-topics under “JCIDS” in the menu on the top-left.
The JCIDS process exists to support Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) responsibilities in identifying, assessing, validating, and prioritizing joint military capability requirements. JCIDS provides a transparent process that allows the JROC to balance joint equities and make informed decisions on validation and prioritization of capability requirements.
JCIDS operates with participation and advice from other organizations that have equity in the capability requirements process.
JCIDS uses Joint Capability Areas (JCA) as an organizing construct for Functional Capability Boards (FCB) and portfolio assessments. This provides the FCB with portfolios of similar DoD capabilities functionally grouped to support capability analysis, strategy development, investment decisions, capability portfolio management, and capabilities-based force development and operational planning.
JCIDS (capability requirements and non-materiel solutions), Defense Acquisition System (materiel solutions), and PPBE (resources) are three key processes in DoD which must work in concert to ensure consistent decision making while delivering timely and cost effective capability solutions to the warfighters. Together, the three processes provide a means to determine, validate, and prioritize capability requirements and associated capability gaps and risks, and then fund, develop, and field non-materiel and materiel capability solutions for the warfighter in a timely manner.
The USD(AT&L) manages Defense Acquisition System as the primary process for transforming validated capability requirements into materiel capability solutions. JCIDS documents provide the critical link between validated capability requirements and the acquisition of materiel capability solutions through five major Defense Acquisition System phases: Materiel Solution Analysis, Technology Development (TD), Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD), Production and Deployment (P&D), and Operations and Support (O&S). The figure below depicts the relationship between the acquisition process and JCIDS documents.
The Deputy Secretary of Defense manages PPBE as the primary process for enabling the funding of the various JCIDS and Defense Acquisition System activities that develop, field, and sustain effective capability solutions to the warfighters.
Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System CJCSI 3170.01I, 23 January 2015
Manual for the Operation of the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System JCIDS Manual, 12 February 2015, including errata as of 18 December 2016.
Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System webpage within Intelink *NOTE a CAC is required to access this site
Defense Acquisition Guidebook
Generic Acquisition Process Chart
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