ArmyIgnitED
Abstract
ArmyIgnitED is an IT financial management portal and decision support tool for Soldiers, Cadets, and Civilians to request Tuition Assistance (TA) and Credentialing Assistance (CA), Cadets to request Scholarship payments, and Army Civilians to request training funds online, anytime, for classroom, distance learning, and college courses. When fully deployed, ArmyIgnitED will be used by approximately 500,000 end users at both Continental United States (CONUS) and Outside the CONUS (OCONUS) locations. It will be the Army's single, next-generation, enterprise-wide TA, CA, and reimbursement management software system. The legacy system has been decommissioned. In support of recruiting and retention for a more educated workforce, ArmyIgnitED is the virtual financial management portal and decision-support tool for 1) Active Duty (AD), US Army Reserves (USAR), and Army National Guard (ARNG) Soldiers to request TA; 2) Cadets to request Scholarship payments and 3) Department of the Army (DA) Civilians and Apprentices to request professional development funds. ArmyIgnitED is hosted as an application on the Air Force (AF) Automated Education Management System (AFAEMS) Government Off the Shelf (GOTS) solution. Development maximizes re-configuration of the Air Force Voluntary Education platform, AFAEMS, to the greatest extent possible and performing only minimal necessary modifications to ensure implementation of Army laws, policies, regulations, and directives (LPRDs). Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) principals are employed to deliver capabilities in a series of Minimally Viable Products (MVP), each building the capability in the new system. MVP 1, which deployed AUG 2022, provides Solder TA capabilities and Soldier Personnel data. Government testing, to include Functional Assessments (FA) and Government Acceptance Testing (GAT) validated requirements were satisfactory. Migration of historical data from both GoArmyEd and the legacy ArmyIgnitED into the new ArmyIgnitED system initiated in MVP 1. CI/CD continues with MVP 2 deployed capabilities to Soldier CA (MVP2A) in OCT 2022, Cadet scholarships (MVP2B) in DEC 2022, and Civilian TA/CA capabilities (MVP2C) is scheduled for JUN 2023. MVP 2 includes establishing eight (8) interfaces to inform and enable the new capability. MVP 3 provides new capabilities and enhancements not possible in the rapid "MVP" development timeline. Following the CI/CD model, MVP 3 will deliver enhancements as they become available and are fully tested.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2024
- Source ID
- de9a19274c5b8b7cc4fb9623c491d136