Duration
5 days
Level
Practitioner
Access
Public enrolment · Private / corporate
Delivery
Face-to-face · Live online
Sessions and enrolment
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Price
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Presented by
Robert Halligan
Certification / credential
Suitable for CPD records
International delivery
Global delivery available

About this course

An immersion in the development of military capability, focused on problem definition, the Operational Concept Description (how the capability and its solution elements will be used), the Concept of Operations (how the capability outcome is to be achieved) and the specification of technology items and services that form part of the solution. PPI states that the content transfers to any substantial business or public infrastructure system, and that no prior experience of OCD or CONOPS is needed.

Presented by

Who should attend

  • Military capability developers
  • Systems engineers on capability development and sustainment programs
  • Requirements managers for capability systems
  • Programme and project managers developing capability

Prerequisites

  • No background in OCD or CONOPS required.

Learning outcomes

  • Identify the types of information that define a military (or other) problem.
  • Capture and validate the information that defines the problem.
  • Distinguish the content and purpose of an OCD and a CONOPS.
  • Relate OCD and CONOPS to requirements documents, solution descriptions, architecture frameworks such as DODAF, and acquisition.
  • Capture and validate requirements at capability-system level.
  • Prepare an OCD and develop a CONOPS.

Course outline

  1. 01

    Concepts and definitions

  2. 02

    General concepts of problem-solving

  3. 03

    Relationships between requirements documents, OCD, architectural design description and CONOPS

  4. 04

    Types and quality of requirements

  5. 05

    Requirements analysis for the capability: OCD and system requirements content

  6. 06

    The OCD as a document

Certificate of completion

Certificate upon completion.

Certification and professional development

PPI states that the course may be credited towards maintenance of INCOSE Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP) certification for 40 Professional Development Units, qualifies for 40 hours of Engineers Australia and Engineering New Zealand CPD, and that PMI PDUs may be claimed.

Certification relevance indicates subject-matter relevance only. It does not imply accreditation, formal alignment or endorsement by any certifying body.

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