REQUIREMENTS MANAGEMENT (RM) CERTIFICATION, TRAINING & CONSULTING POCs
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CERTIFICATION INFORMATION: By Congressional Mandate (NDAA FY2007, Section 801), all DoD military & civilian personnel responsible for identifying warfighter capabilities and generating requirements for Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAPs) MUST be certified. DAU provides the training while the Services and Agencies do the actual certification. As such, DoD uses four levels of RM Certification: Level A, B, C, and D as specified in the JCIDS Manual. The diagram below summarizes the relationship between RM certification levels, associated training, as well as a summary of the duties (NOTE: this varies between the Services and Agencies):
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LEVEL A: Contribute to Requirements generation and capability development in various capacities to include: Stating users’ needs, analysis, subject matter or domain expertise, document staffing and coordination, administrative support.
LEVEL B: Write requirements and requirements documents; fill specific capacities to include: lead study elements, adjudicate comments, facilitate document development and coordination across organizations.
LEVEL C: Support the
creation and staffing of requirements documents; train others on “Big A” acquisition topics; represent Services, Agencies, or CCMDS in requirements, acquisition, or resourcing forums; support presentations at Service-level or Functional Capability Boards (FCBs); lead or coordinate activities focused on requirements generation and capability development, including but not limited to: writing and editing capability requirements documents, participate in requirements related IPTs, significant role in requirements related studies and analysis.
LEVEL D: Validate and approve JCIDS documents; provide senior leadership and oversight of JCIDS analysis and staffing; enforce capability requirements standards and accountability.
TRAINING: DAU provides required Core Training for each RMCT level, and Core Plus training for specific requirements tasks, shown in the table below.
Use 'click' or 'control-click' on Course Number for course details. You can also view courses and schedules in the
DAU icatalog.
CORE TRAINING:
COURSE # |
CORE TRAINING TITLE
|
Certification Level |
|---|
|
A |
B |
C |
D |
RQM 1010
|
Introduction to JCIDS (online/self-directed learning)
(formerly CLR 101) |
X |
X |
X |
|
|---|
| RQM 1100 |
Core Concepts for Requirements Management (online/self-directed learning) (formerly RQM 110) |
|
X |
X | |
|---|
RQM 1010 & RQM 1100 are prerequisites |
Advanced Concepts for Requirements Management (resident, 4.5 days) | | |
X | |
|---|
Note: (O-7 Select through O-9 and SES equivalents only) |
Requirements Management Executive Overview (resident,
1.0 day) (formerly RQM 403) | | | |
X |
|---|
Note: (O-10 and SES equivalent only) |
Senior Leader Requirements Course
(resident, tailored) (formerly RQM 413)
| | | |
X |
|---|
CORE-PLUS TRAINING:
COURSE # |
CORE-PLUS TRAINING TITLE
|
|
|---|
RQM 2100
RQM 1100 is a prerequisites
|
Applications Skills for Requirements Managers (online)
|
Currently Optional (but recommended) |
|---|
CLR 151
|
Analysis of Alternatives (AoA, online/self-directed learning) |
Optional
|
|---|
CLR 250
|
Capabilities-Based Assessment (CBA, online/self-directed learning) |
Optional
|
|---|
RQM 2520
(replaces CLR 252)
|
Developing Performance Attributes (online/self-directed learning)
(formerly CLR 252) |
Optional
|
|---|
1Personnel have varying degrees of responsibility and training needs within the requirements process. Each DoD Component (Military Service, Combatant Command, and Defense Agency) determines what is required for RM certification.
However, completion of DAU core certification courses provide the common baseline and must be accomplished prior to certification. DoD Components can mandate additional requirements courses and training to meet individual Component needs.
