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The User Role in the Development of Defence Capability

The User brings together detailed views on the development of the future capability and usefulness of their Service’s combat power. They will form their view as a single Service or Joint User point of contact.

The views of the User are a key input into the Capability Planning Process and the successful delivery of the final Capability Management Plans.

Specific responsibilities include:

Working with the Capability Sponsor to achieve Capability Integration of new capabilities. To make sure they meet the requirements of single Service Management Plans and the wider Defence Plan .
Ownership and approval of:
- Single Service specific Concepts of Employment (CONEMPs) / Concepts of Use (CONUSEs)
- Agreement of Key User Requirements (KURs), acceptance criteria.
Definition of Initial Operational Capability / In Service Date.

This Users responsibility covers the:

Through Life Capability Management Capability Planning Process, all stages.
Chief of Staff’s formal assurance role at Main Gate (MG).
Acceptance of new capability from Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S).
Formal declaration of the ‘In Service Date’.

Contacts

User

Owner

Post
Director Joint Capability

Point of Contact

Post	Email	Phone
Directorate of Joint Capability	DJtCap-INTEG1@mod.uk	Mil: 9621 82707 Civ: +44 (0) 207 218 2707

Change History

The AOF has been updated to Version 2.0.0 on 1st April 2008 following the introduction of the main content in the tactical layer. In addition small changes have been added to the Operational layer. Individual document Change History pages will detail any changes other than minor editorial amendments.

1 November 2009: Minor amendments made for Plain English review.
1 September 2008: Reference to TLCM stage 6 removed as this has been re-defined.
1 October 2007: New content – User role in the development of Defence Capability.