Manpower and Personnel Requirements Determination Methodologies (MANPERS)

This Phase I report covers initial research into manpower and personnel requirements determination processes used by other services. It also covers information gleaned from subject matter experts who are employed by the Army Materiel and Combat Developer. This report includes a statement of requirements for developing an ideal baseline to generate Army manpower and personnel requirements. To support the requirements determination process, an MOS and related task oriented taxonomy was developed along with algorithms and procedures for use in developing the qualitative and quantitative personnel requirements information associated with new weapon systems development. Originator-supplied keywords include: Behavioral, task descriptive data, task and skill analysis, documentation of requirements, Basis of Issue Plan, force structure, combat developer, materiel developer, trainer, integrated logistics support, logistics support analysis, and life cycle system management model.