DOTMLPF

DOTMLPF review is the due diligence exercised in determining the acceptability, suitability, and feasibility of a proposed force design change. The order of the letters in the acronym is no accident. Beginning with “D” for Doctrine and every letter thereafter, the task of the force design/force integration community is to provide force design solutions tailored to meet warfighting requirements. DOTMLPF is the framework for developing the design. Proposed force designs are assessed through a Force Integration Feasibility Assessment (FIFA) which provides the analytic rigor to determine sufficiency of each DOTMLPF domain. Only after all shortfalls are addressed will Senior Leaders approve the new force design.

DOTMLPF stands for: (JP 1-02, Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 15 August 2011)
round campaigns.

• Organization: how we build structures of people and equipment to fight, e.g. divisions, air wings, naval squadrons, Marine Air-Ground Task Forces (MAGTF), joint task forces.
• Training: how we prepare to fight tactically, e.g. training for individual servicemembers (both technical and tactical), unit training, joint exercises, simulated war games.
• Materiel: all the “stuff” necessary to equip our forces they can operate effectively, e.g. weapons systems, spares, consumable supplies.
• Leadership (influencing people by providing purpose, direction, and motivation, while operating to accomplish the mission and improve the organization).
• Education: how we prepare our leaders to lead the fight. Education complements training, experience, and self-improvement to produce the most professionally competent individual possible, from squad leader to four-star general or admiral.
• Personnel: those individuals required in either a military or civilian capacity to accomplish the assigned mission.
• Facilities: real property; installations and industrial plants that support our forces (e.g. military bases and government-owned ammunition production factories).

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Instruction CJCSI 3170.01H Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System, 10 January 2012, uses the expanded acronym of DOTmLPF-P, where the terminal letter “P” stands for Policy.