Welcome to the Requirements Document Wizard (RDW)!

You are working on a Joint Urgent Operational Need / Join Emergent Operational Need (JUON/JEON) relevant to the 2021 version of the Joint Capabilities Development and Integration System (JCIDS) Manual.

• JUONs and JEONs are submitted primarily by Combatant Commanders (CCDR), or episodically by the CJCS/VCJCS, to facilitate timely validation of urgent or emergent needs identified by multiple Combatant Commands or DoD Components. (2.1.2 and 2.1.3)

• JUONs and JEONs inherently affect two or more DoD Components. (2.1.2) If a capability is only relevant to one Service or Component, it is by definition a Component UON, not subject to the JCIDS processes. (2.1.1)

• JUONs are appropriate for urgent requirements are those that present an urgent capability gap to the warfighter during an ongoing contingency operation which, if not satisfied in an expedited manner, would result in loss of life or critical mission failure of U.S. Armed Forces. (3.1.2)

• JEONs are appropriate for emergent requirements are those that present a capability gap to the warfighter due to changes in the threat, environment, or emergent adversary capability and TTPs for an anticipated or pending contingency operation which, if not satisfied in an expedited manner, would result in loss of life or critical mission failure of U.S. Armed Forces. (3.1.3)

• JUONs and JEONs are appropriate for capability requirements that can have an initial capability solution fielded within two years (3.1.1)

• JUONs and JEONs are not appropriate to circumvent or override the Global Force Management (GFM) processes, the Joint Manpower Validation Process (JMVP) processes, etc., if those processes can satisfy the requirement(s) within the operational timeframe (paraphrase 1.1)

• If one Service or Component requires a capability resident in another Service or Component, they are encouraged to coordinate directly and/or use other means outside a JUON/JEON/JCIDS processes. (2.1.4)

General guidance on using the RDW includes:

• The sections and sub-sections in the RDW are laid out sequentially according to the elements that the JCIDS Manual requires within your document.

• Most are MANDATORY and will show an error in RED FONT if you do not address them.

• If you don’t believe a mandatory element is applicable to your document, simply enter, “XXX is not applicable because….,” or similar verbiage.

• If you choose to address a mandatory required element within another sub-section (perhaps in conjunction with another element), you may skip over (leave blank) these mandatory sections, just bypass the error messaging. Just make sure you address each requirement somewhere in the relevant section.

• Some sub-sections are marked “Optional.” These can be skipped (left blank) without showing an error. HOWEVER, if the element is applicable to your document, ensure to address it SOMEWHERE in your document.

• You are able to use rich text (e.g. bold, italicize, underline, red or black font, etc.) within many of the writing sections (not all). Some are constrained due to the requirements in the JCIDS Manual.

• If you choose to cut and paste text from another source, make sure you convert it to the font you are using throughout the document. According to the JCIDS Manual, for the body of the document you have two choices: 1. Times New Roman, Regular, and size 12, or; 2. Bookman Old Style, Regular, and size 12. These are the only fonts (and sizes) allowed by the JCIDS Manual for the body of the document.

• The default font used in the document body sections of the RDW is Times New Roman, Regular, size 12

• For content within tables, please ensure the font is consistent and either Arial or Calibri, size 10, per the JCIDS Manual.

• The default font used in the tables within the RDW is Arial, size 10.

• Please refer to the "RDW post-export to MS Word Actions" section of the Desk Reference, available through the website (https://content1.dau.edu/rdw) for additional formatting required to be performed once you've exported your RDW Document to MS Word