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Joint Command and Control Capability Portfolio Management (JC2 CPM)
The Joint Command and Control Capability Portfolio Management (JC2 CPM) program comes as a response to the Quadrennial Defense Review' s emphasis on the need to continue building upon the Department of Defense' s (DoD) capability-based planning and management efforts to better enable strategic choice and improve our ability to make capability tradeoffs.
Joint command and control (JC2) is first and foremost a human endeavor. While materiel solutions, processes, and engineering can enable this fundamental function of the joint commander, command and control is about leadership, and is not synonymous with network operations and the employment of advanced
technology.
A commander, facing commitment of forces to fight a thinking enemy, must be confident he understands the operational environment and can visualize, describe, or direct necessary actions in a timely, trusted fashion. This confidence is built on reliable systems building relevant knowledge in addition to well-educated and trained teams working together with common purposes and practices.
Supporting capabilities must enable centralized and decentralized decision making in degraded environments.
JC2 must support “command” and the decision-maker, rather than forcing the decision-maker to operate within the constraints of the “control” technology environment.
U.S. Joint Forces Command’s (USJFCOM) commander serves as the JC2 CPM. The command's responsibilities include:
• establishing capability portfolio management that delivers integrated JC2 capabilities;
• improves interoperability;
• identifies and captures efficiencies;
• reduces capability redundancies and gaps;
• and increases joint operational effectiveness.
The JC2 CPM provides a joint focal point to orchestrate, integrate, and manage designated JC2 portfolio programs, systems, and capabilities across the whole spectrum of doctrine, organization, training, material, leadership, education, personnel, and facilities.
The JC2 CPM also identifies opportunities to improve joint interoperability and streamline acquisition and budgeting processes to meet joint warfighter needs.
It focuses on the needs of the combatant commanders to ensure proposed solutions contribute to joint C2 warfighting capabilities and that resources are distributed according to joint command and control priorities.
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