'AID' FOR TUITION ASSISTANCE
educational institutions—a process that will require data to be ingested from the original ArmyIgnitED system.
• For that first minimum viable product delivery, initial histori- cal data will be used, and gradually more will become available for future minimum viable products that enable Army cadets to request Reserve Officers’ Training Corps scholarship fund- ing and for Army civilian training, education and professional development. Soldiers also will be able to apply for funding for credentialing assistance, a program that enables them to obtain professional credentials or licensure to enhance their careers.
NEW EDUCATION
Cpl. Steve Mateo, in an internship at the education center through the career skills program, helps Master Sgt. Courtney Renee Smith navigate the ArmyIgnitED website during the ArmyIgnitED workshop held Nov. 18, 2021, at the Fort Carson Education Center, Colorado. (Photo by Norman Shifflett, Fort Carson Public Affairs)
• By April 2023, the Army is expected to deliver the minimum viable product for full operational capability of the system, following its tailoring to unique Army requirements. Once that initial project is complete, PEO EIS plans to continue its collaboration with the Air Force, which includes pursu- ing a follow-on joint contract for operation and maintenance services, as well as limited product enhancements.
and the rest of the capabilities in 2023,” said Sherwood. “Essen- tially, we’re conducting a real-time case study in how EIS and ASA(ALT) can collaborate to quickly address critical software acquisition problems. Te approach is not without risk, but the alternatives in this case would miss the mark.”
PRIORITIZING NEXT STEPS As the new product lead for ArmyIgnitED, Baylor’s priorities are to complete development of the initial capability, conduct govern- ment acceptance testing and hold the first limited deployment authority-to-proceed briefing in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2022. As elements of the new ArmyIgnitED system are launched, the original system’s functionality will gradually be shut down, though both systems will operate concurrently for a time.
There are three key milestones in PEO EIS’s delivery of ArmyIgnitED:
• By the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2022, the Army is planning to deliver the minimum viable product for limited deployment of ArmyIgnitED’s military tuition assistance functionality, enabling Soldiers to join and request tuition assistance. At that time, the Army also will deliver the ability to back-pay
CONCLUSION Delivering a fully functional tuition assistance portal to help Soldiers and civilians achieve their educational and career goals is a top Army priority. Te ArmyIgnitED project is well suited for PEO EIS’s acquisition portfolio, where it can be nested with other mission-critical defense business systems and leverage exist- ing infrastructure and processes to quickly deliver capability. Working closely with ASA(ALT), functional stakeholders, the Air Force and its industry partner, PEO EIS is committed to forging a new, expedited path to solving the Army’s most press- ing software acquisition challenges.
By partnering with the Air Force—something that PEO EIS is also exploring through its Army Contract Writing System and executing on select Defensive Cyber Operations projects—PEO EIS is helping enhance joint collaboration, delivering on the Army’s modernization priority and ensuring fiscal responsibility.
For more information, go to
https://www.armyignited.com/app/.
ERIKA CHRIST provides strategic communication contract support to PEO EIS at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, as a writer and editor for Bixal. She holds an M.A. in international relations and international communication from Boston University and a B.S. in international relations from Georgetown University. She has more than 25 years of experience in both the federal government and commercial sectors.
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