Welcome to the Requirements Document Wizard (RDW)!

You are working on an Assessment of Operational Utility (AOU) relevant to the 2026 version of the Joint Forces Requirements Process (JFRP) Manual.

• AOUs are primarily the responsibility of the Requirement Sponsor (i.e. the requesting Combatant Command), but are written in conjunction with the Solution Sponsor (executing solution entity).

• AOUs are to be submitted by the Combatant Command to the Joint Requirements Coordinator, JCD, JS/J8, within 6-months of initial fielding of any capability that was derived from a JUON or JEON.

• AOUs are intended to assist with the Disposition Analysis and the final determination to close the JUON/JEON.

• An AOU is not appropriate to cancel an existing JUON or JEON. Use a regular memorandum for that purpose, submitted to the Joint Requirements Coordinator, JCD, JS/J8.

• AOUs must be endorsed by the CCMD Commander, Vice/Deputy Commander, Chief of Staff, or CCMD J-8.

• There is no page limit constraint on this document.

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 JFRP 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 JFRP 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. The RDW defaults to the previously mandated fonts of:

1. Times New Roman, Regular, and size 12 for most text and text boxes; and,

2. Arial, Regular, and size 10, for all tables.

• 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