Welcome to the Requirements Document Wizard (RDW)!

You are working on a Joint DOTmLPF-P Change Request (JDCR) relevant to the 2026 version of the Joint Forces Requirements Process (JFRP) Manual.

• As the Manual states, “the purpose of a Joint DCR is to propose non-materiel capability solutions, which may serve as an alternative to, or complement of, materiel capability solutions.”

• A JDCR may be generated by a Service, Component, or other Joint entity to, “recommend when non-materiel approaches appear to be the most viable solution for identified capability gaps.”

• The validation of a JDCR by the approval authority:

• Approves the proposed non-material capability set

• Approves the document, the proposed recommendations, and implementation plans (including proposed funding by source and year)

• Assigns offices of primary responsibility (OPRs) to execute the implementation plans

• A Threat Summary section is OPTIONAL for this document.

• An Interoperability Section is NOT APPLICABLE to this document.

• The Final Recommendations section will require, among other things, “a Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M) with start times, major milestones, and completion dates as well as rough-order-of-magnitude total required resources.”

• A JDCR is not appropriate where the non-material solution is only applicable to one Service or Component; a Service/Component DCR (or equivalent) should be used instead.

• 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