Welcome to the Requirements Document Wizard (RDW)!

You are working on a Capstone Requirements Document (CRD) relevant to the 2026 version of the Joint Forces Requirements Process (JFRP) Manual.

• As the Manual states, “Capstone Requirements (CRDs) may be submitted by any DoW Component. However, requirements sponsors that wish to develop a Capstone Requirements Document much first provide justification to the Joint Capabilities Board via General Officer/Flag Officer/Senior Executive Service (GO/FO/SES) memorandum.”

• Moreover, the Manual states, “(the) Capstone Requirement Document sponsor co-develops Capstone Document with all key stakeholders and SMEs across the Services and Components. The stakeholder community includes concept writers, capability developers, acquisition SMEs, and requirements SMEs.”

• There is no page limit constraint on this document, other than the 1-page constraint on the Executive Summary section.

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