Requirements Management Training & Certification Overview
REQUIREMENTS MANAGEMENT (RM) CERTIFICATION, TRAINING & CONSULTING POCs
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).
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.
| REQUIREMENTS MANAGEMENT TRAINING COURSES1 | |||||
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CORE TRAINING:
COURSE #
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CORE TRAINING TITLE
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Certification Level | |||
| A | B | C | D | ||
| RQM 1010 (replaces CLR 101) |
Introduction to JCIDS (online/self-directed learning) |
X | X | X | |
| RQM 1101 (replaces RQM 110, RQM 1100) |
Core Concepts for Requirements Management (online/self-directed learning) | |
X | X | |
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RQM 1010 & RQM 1101 are prerequisites
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Advanced Concepts for Requirements Management (resident, 4.5 days)
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| | X | |
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Note: (O-7 Select through O-9 and SES equivalents only)
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Requirements Management Executive Overview (resident,
1.0 day)
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| | | X |
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Note: (O-10 and SES equivalent only)
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Senior Leader Requirements Course (resident, tailored) (formerly RQM 413)
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| | | X |
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CORE-PLUS TRAINING:
COURSE #
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CORE-PLUS TRAINING TITLE
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| RQM 2100 RQM 1101 is a prerequisites |
Applications Skills for Requirements Managers (online) |
Currently Optional (but recommended) | |||
| RQM 1510 (replaces CLR 151) |
Analysis of Alternatives (AoA, online/self-directed learning) | Optional |
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| RQM 2500 (if course is not yet active, go to CLR 250) |
Capabilities-Based Assessment (CBA, online/self-directed learning) | Optional |
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| RQM 2520 (replaces CLR 252) |
Developing Performance Attributes (online/self-directed learning) |
Optional |
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For additional information or questions, please contact one of the DAU Requirements Management faculty below:
Greg Prothero: [email protected]
Eric Jefferies: [email protected]
Jack Mohney: [email protected]
Steve Blasch: [email protected]
Kyle Jette: [email protected]