Capability and Acquisition (CAPAC) In Service

Course structure

What you will learn

The aim of the courses is to enable military and civilian staff from Head Office (HO), Commands and Enabling Organisations to acquire an understanding of the MOD’s capability, acquisition and financial management processes, and their application in the development and generation of affordable and strategy-compliant force structures and capabilities.

Each of these three Practitioner courses covers the totality of CAPAC – Directing, Planning, Delivering, Generating and Sustaining Capability; however, each course is tailored to meet the needs of students from different parts of the Defence Operating Model. 

Courses other than those listed as being 'online' are delivered onsite at the Defence Academy, Shrivenham.

Should you have any questions, please contact the Cranfield Student Support team directly on shortcourse@cranfield.ac.uk.

Selecting which course is right for you is covered in the ‘Who should attend’ section below. Although there is no exam associated with this course, you will have many opportunities to try out some of the learning during syndicates’ workshops and tutorials.

By the end of the course, you will be able to understand the relationships and processes associated with the management of military capabilities within the DOM.

Core content

The course links:

• Strategic direction to the development and generation of sustainable military capabilities,
• The Defence Operating Model,
• Strategic force development,
• Finance,
• Command-level planning,
• Capability coherence and strategic balance of investment,
• Command models and the generic capability management model,
• Evidence-based decision making,
• The role of science in capability management,
• Project delivery,
• Sub-portfolio management,
• The delivery of change and the management of in-service capability. 

Who should attend

Taking one of the Practitioner courses is a prerequisite for a number of military posts. If you are a civil servant, the relevant Practitioner course will provide you with the key skills needed to undertake a job in the capability and or acquisition arena.

If you are an international student or from industry, the relevant Practitioner course will provide you with a working understanding of the processes and terminology used by the UK MOD for CAPAC management. 

CAPAC - In-Service Short Course

The course is aimed at those seeking to understand the totality of Capability and Acquisition who are currently working in or who are going to be working within:

Commands and Enablers managing the pan-DLOD integration of military capability for the front line. In particular this includes those whose role is involved with generating Force Elements at Readiness and Sustainability with a focus on the generation, sustainment and through life support of capability to deliver Operational Effect at value for money for Defence.

As such the course is ideal for those working in force generation and support related activities in the Commands and Project Teams including those involved in pan-DLOD generation of Capability through Availability Working Groups.

Speakers

Concessions

The MOD sponsors places on this courses. It is important that the students appreciate that this is a full-time study commitment, including participation in exercises conducted in syndicates.