1. Deputy, Joint Capabilities Division
Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC) and Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS)
Randy Wood
Deputy, Joint Capabilities Division
under Deputy Director for Requirements, Joint Staff J8

2. Why do we have the JROC and JCIDS?
Support acquisition of materiel capabilities for the warfighter
But supporting acquisition is only part of the picture… More than any other body, the JROC is charged with shaping the Joint Force.
JCIDS
DAS
PPBE

3. JROC/JCIDS: Law and Policy
Title 10 Responsibilities Section 181 (as modified by 2009 Weapon System Acquisition Reform Act, 2011, 2013, and 2016 National Defense Authorization Acts)
The Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC) shall assist the CJCS…
In identifying, assessing and approving military requirements to meet the National Military Strategy.
In identifying the core mission area associated with each requirement.
Ensuring the consideration of tradeoffs among life cycle cost, schedule, performance, and procurement quantity in consultation with advisors
In establishing and assigning priority levels for joint military requirements
In reviewing the estimated total cost of such resources required in the fulfillment of each joint military requirement and ensuring it is consistent with level of priority
The JROC must…
Consider input from Combatant Commanders on joint requirements
Seek, and strongly consider, the views of the Chiefs of Staff of the armed forces, in their roles as customers of the acquisition system, on matters pertaining to trade-offs among cost, schedule, technical feasibility, and performance
Consider life cycle cost, schedule, performance, and procurement quantify tradeoffs in establishing requirements
Set an Initial Operational Capability (IOC) schedule objective for each requirement
All the above further emphasized in the JROC Charter (CJCSI series) and JCIDS Instruction (CJCSI series) and detailed in the JCIDS Manual

4. JCIDS Requirements Decision Chain
JROC DECISION CHAIN
JROC MEMBERSHIP
Chair: VCJCS. Advises the CJCS
Statutory Council Members:
Vice Chief of Staff, Army
Vice Chief of Naval Operations
Vice Chief of Staff, Air Force
Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps
Combatant Commands (CCMDs)*
(Commander or Deputy Commander)
Statutory Advisors:
USD (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics)
USD (Comptroller)
USD (Policy)
Director, Cost Analysis & Program Evaluation
Director, Operational Test & Evaluation
Owns JCIDS; Validates JROC Interest documents; final authority on requirements
JROC
JROC
JCB
Validates JCB Interest documents; assists JROC
Reviews documents; prioritizes within portfolio; makes validation recommendation to JCB/JROC
FCBs
FCB WGs
Reviews documents & prioritizes prior to FCB review
* Unless otherwise directed to participate by the JROC Chairman, CCMD representatives are highly encouraged to participate as members of the JROC when matters related to that command will be under consideration by the JROC.
* Non-statutory advisors: USD (Intelligence), USD (Personnel & Readiness), DoD Chief Information Officer, Deputy Chief Management Officer
JROC: Joint Requirements Oversight Council
JCB: Joint Capability Board
FCBs: Functional Capability Boards (Force Support, Battlespace Awareness, Force Application, Logistics, Protection, C4/Cyber.)
FCB WGs: FCB Working Groups
The JROC is NOT the Joint Staff

5. Functional Capability Boards
C4 / Cyber
Battlespace
Awareness
Logistics*
Force
Support
Brig Gen Murphy
JS J6
Mr. Hawkins
JS J4
Mr. Dewing
JS J2
MajGen
Clardy
JS J8
Protection**
COL Hoggard
JS J8
Force
Application
*DASD for Supply Chain Integration,
Ms. Reardon, serves as Log FCB co-chair.
**J8/DDJIAMDO, RDML Cashman, serves as Protection FCB co-chair for IAMD issues.
MajGen
Clardy
JS J8
FCB Membership: (O-6 level)
Services
Combatant Command Reps
OSD (AT&L)
OSD (I)
USecAF (Space)
Additional JCAs:
Building Partnerships
Corporate Management
& Support
DOD CIO OSD (C)
D, CAPE OSD (P)
DIA Rep (Threat)
ODNI/IRB
Other DoD Agencies as necessary

6. JCIDS Updates Since 2012
Limit JROC audience: Allows for determinative discussion/decisions
More Tank-like: By invitation only; Principals+1
Statutory Advisors or Deputy (AT&L, CAPE, OT&E, OSD(P), OSD(C))
KPPs – Six “mandatory” (Force Protection, Survivability, Sustainment, Net-ready (major changes), Training, and Energy); if not applicable, must justify
Cost vs. Capability vs. Risk – improved upfront analysis
Review of Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) results prior to Milestone A
FCB strengthened – FCB Chair/Lead briefs JROC; FCB reviews AoA results
Highlight both material and non-materiel solutions–JS J7
Tee up the appropriate debate
Tougher decisions on the 80% solution (i.e. knee in the curve)
More overall portfolio analysis to determine risk (military, strategic, integrated)
Include Special Access Programs in a holistic portfolio review
Tripwires – cost growth, and for IOC or FOC slips, and for quantity reductions
Solution centric vice document/process centric – faster timelines
Three lanes – deliberate, emergent, urgent
JCIDS documents – ICD, CDD, CPD, DCR page count restricted (10, 45, 40, 30)

7. JCIDS and Acquisition (DoDI 5000.02, Jan 2015)
Analysis of Alternatives (AoA)
Acquisition Strategy
Test & Evaluation (T&E) Master Plan (TEMP)
System Engineering Plan (SEP)
Life Cycle Sustainment Plan (LCSP)
Operational Mode Summary/Mission Profile (OMS/MP)
Technology Demonstrated
Initial Key Performance Parameters/ Key System Attributes (KPPs/KSAs)
Acquisition Strategy (AS)
TEMP
SEP
LCSP
OMS/MP
Final Design
Developmental T&E (DT&E)
Operational Assessments (OA)
Revise KPPs/ KSAs AS
Acquisition Pgm Baseline (APB)
TEMP
SEP
LCSP
OMS/MP
Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP)
Initial Operational T&E (IOT&E)
Full-Rate Prod (FRP) AS
APB
TEMP
SEP
LCSP
OMS/MP
President, SECDEF & Chairman:
Identification of Capability Requirements
Strategic Guidance
Operational Planning
CBAs & Other Studies
Exercises/Lessons Learned
JCTDs/JUON/JEON/ Experiments
JIEDDO Initiatives
Defense Business Sys
OSD/Joint Staff
Integrated Security Constructs
Joint Concepts
Outputs
Mission & Problem
Capability Gaps
Tasks
Performance
Conditions
Operational Risk
Non-Materiel Approaches
Materiel Approaches
Recommendations
LRIP
FOT&E
Materiel
Development
Decision
CDD
Val
RFP
Rel
MS A
MS B
MS C
Activity
FRP
Select Joint
Concept
Develop CONOPS
Capabilities-Based Assessment /
Other
ICD
Materiel Solution Analysis
Draft
CDD
Technology Maturation & Risk Reduction
CDD
Engineering &
Manufacturing
Development
CPD
Production & Deployment
CCMD
Analysis of
Alternatives (AoA)
Competitive
Prototyping
Develop, test, LRIP & Full Rate Production, deploy to warfighter, IOC
The CBA process produces a validated ICD. The ICD summarizes the results of the CBA’s identification of warfighting capability gaps, and potential solutions to mitigate or resolve those gaps. ICD’s that recommend a materiel approach to resolving the capability gaps support a Material Development Decision (MDD) by an acquisition milestone decision authority. The ICD then becomes the basis for the Material Solution Analysis (MSA) phase. During the MSA phase, an Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) to consider the potential solutions to the capability gaps identified in the ICD.
Military Services
Validates ICD
Reviews AoA Results
Validates CDD
Validates CPD
JROC action for JROC Interest programs (ACAT I & IA)
SECDEF
Joint Staff / Joint Requirements Oversight Council / OSD
OSD (AT&L, CAPE), Services and OSD (DOT&E) Joint Staff (JROC)
Policy
Select Materiel
Solution
Develop, Test, Produce &
Field
Identify Capability Requirements
Getting The Front End Right is Key 7

8. JCIDS Deliberate Process Touch Points
JCIDS Touch Points
DCR
Program Updates
Initial Capabilities Document (ICD): Specifies capability requirements and associated capability gaps which represent unacceptable operational risk. Recommends mitigating identified capability gap(s) with a non-materiel capability solution, materiel capability solution, or some combination. A validated ICD is an entrance criterion necessary for each MDD.
Capability Production Document (CPD): Specifies capability requirements, in terms of production KPPs, KSAs, and APAs, and other related information necessary to support production of a single increment of a materiel capability solution. A validated CPD is a requirement for the MS C decision point.
Capability Development Document (CDD): Specifies capability requirements, in terms of developmental KPPs, KSAs, and APAs, and other related information necessary to support development of one or more increments of a materiel capability solution. A draft CDD is a requirement for the RFP release in support of the TMRR phase, and a validated CDD is a requirement for the development RFP release decision point and informs the MS B acquisition decision point.
Joint Doctrine, Organization, Training, material, Leadership and Education, Personnel, Facilities, and Policy (DOTmLPF-P) Change Recommendation (DCR): Recommends mitigating identified capability gaps with non-materiel capability solutions, through changes to one or more of the eight DOTmLPF-P areas. When a DCR is not generated from a previously validated ICD, it specifies the capability requirements and associated capability gaps for review and validation. 8

9. JCIDS “Lanes” 2-yr efforts
Urgent Threat: CCMD Driven. Urgent and compelling to prevent loss of life and/or mission failure during current operations. Require little tech development and can be resolved in less than two years. The J8 Deputy Director for Requirements (DDR) validates
Emergent Threat: CCMD Driven. Supports accelerated acquisition of capabilities needed for an anticipated or pending contingency operation. VCJCS verifies, JCB or JROC validates
Deliberate Planning: Service, CCMD or Agency Driven. Traditional route for capabilities that require significant tech development and/or are not urgent or emergent in nature.

10. JROC/JCIDS Requirements Summary
Debate the strategic and operational requirements and make difficult choices earlier
Exquisite versus “Good Enough” – Does it fill the gap!
Cross Service/Inter-Agency Redundancies – no stovepipes
Strategic/Doctrinal Changes – are we supporting the NMS?
Better upfront fidelity on cost/schedule/performance tradeoffs
More analytic rigor and risk/portfolio analysis
More dynamic/iterative process throughout a program’s lifecycle (Revisit as necessary…strategy shifts, threat changes, etc.)
Current Requirements-related Issues
FCB Portfolio Assessments/Management to Strategic Portfolios Reviews to PBR
JEONs and JUONs submissions
Institutionalizing various Quick Reaction Capability organizations: WSIG/JRAC
Intelligence support to requirements and acquisition: IMD requirements/CIP

11. JCIDS Reform Proposal Update
PREDECISIONAL
Taking a strategic pause until 2017 NDAA finalized; team continues to refine proposals
Evolved guidance
Keep requirements process transparent
Speed up the process, reduce paperwork, shed what is not valuable to scope
Track / measure what is important
Intent of Refinements:
Determine what should go to the JROC
Focus on joint military capability requirements
Minimize touch points between sponsor and Joint Staff
Maintain appropriate level of oversight and analytical rigor
Provide acquisition community with approved, actionable capability requirements
PREDECISIONAL

12. Not quite there yet…but close!
2017 NDAA
Not quite there yet…but close!
10 USC 181
Emphasis on joint military capabilities
JROC composition…CCDRs and Advisors
Specifically seek and consider “input from the Chiefs of Staff of the armed forces…”
Establish and approving “joint performance requirements…”
DoD analytical organization support to the JROC
Creation of an investment review process to “review trade-offs among life-cycle costs, schedule, and performance objectives and procurement quantity objectives…”
Others…
USD R&E, USD A&S, and CMO (1 Feb 2018)
“Annual report on CCMD requirements” still required (25 days after PB)
Not quite there yet…but close!

13. Questions? ___________________________________________
Or later/online:
NIPR:
SIPR:
Gatekeeper/Secretariat - J-8/JCD (Joint Capabilities Division)
Col Shane “Boxcar” Conrad, USMC
Mr. Randy Wood
Assessments - J-8/JRAD (Joint Requirements Assessment Division)
COL Stephanie J. Tutton, USA
Lt Col Matt Edmonson