The IPPS-A Podcast

Welcome to the IPPS-A Podcast! In this episode, COL Rebekah Lust welcomes COL Alicia Pruitt as Deputy Director of the Functional Management Division, and MAJ Paris Holman as IPPS-A’s Change Management Chief. COL Pruitt and MAJ Holman tell us about their backgrounds, what excites them about IPPS-A, where they see the program heading, and how they view their new roles on the program. This episode will give you the insight you need! IPPS-A is a Soldier system.

IPPS-A website: https://ipps-a.army.mil/

IPPS-A Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/armyippsa/

IPPS-A YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/IPPSA

IPPS-A Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/usarmy_ippsa/

Welcome to the IPPS-A Podcast! In this episode, SGM Paul Smith chats with CW3 Chris Akbaroff, IPPS-A Promotions Design Lead, and MSG Robert Simmons, NCO for the IPPS-A Finance team, about the New Promotion, Demotion, Lateral Appointment Personnel Action Request (PAR) Framework and understanding Permanent Change of Station (PCS) absences! CW3 Akbaroff tells us how the new PAR framework and what it means for Soldiers in the field. MSG R. Simmons gives us an update on what the Finance team is working on and planning, and clears up some confusion about how PCS Absences work in IPPS-A. This episode will give you the insight you need! IPPS-A is a Soldier system.

Pay-Absences-Incent-Ded (PAID) tile and InTransit Grid (ITG) User Guide: extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://ipps-a.army.mil/Portals/129/Documents/IPPSA_PAID_ITG_User%20Guide_20240130.pdf

Training/Job Aids: https://ipps-a.army.mil/Training/Training-Aids/

Welcome to the IPPS-A Podcast! In this episode, COL Rebekah Lust chats with CPT Taylor Vladic, Assignments Product Team Lead, and CPT Patrick Hill, SABIR/BI Data Analyst, about the In-Transit Grid (ITG) and Leader’s Dashboard! CPT Vladic tells us how the ITG is a game-changer for processing arrivals and departures, tracking Soldiers in transit, and requesting and taking leave. CPT Hill gives us an update on how development of the SABIR Leader’s Dashboard is coming along, and explains how it will offer Army Leaders the right tools to help them visualize data and make decisions. This episode will give you the insight you need! IPPS-A is a Soldier system.

PAID & ITG User Guide:

https://ippsa.army.mil/Portals/129/Documents/IPPSA_PAID_ITG_User%20Guide_20240130.pdf

SABIR Overview Job Aid:

https://ippsa.army.mil/Portals/129/Documents/Job%20Aid_SABIR_20231114.pdf

SABIR:

https://ipps-a.army.mil/Drive-the-Change/SABIR/

IPPS-A Podcast: The Right Tools Get the Right Results:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fdgyB1skn8&list=PLZ27YNvrf1QH5Sp3gVIPQEFflB-Y4_zrX&index=4

Welcome to the IPPS-A Podcast! COL Rebekah Lust chats with LTC John Elko, IPPS-A Human Resources Agile Release Train Lead, and MAJ Ian Morris, IPPS-A Business Intelligence Product Team Lead, about the Power of Soldier Feedback! LTC Elko tells us how CRM enhancement requests submitted by system users have significantly improved IPPS-A, and MAJ Morris discusses the new Personnel Action Request (PAR) Analytics Dashboard, as well as our Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Dashboard. COL Lust also gives us a rundown on the new formatting of orders produced by IPPS-A. Listen here for more on orders, IPPS-A enhancement requests, and the PAR Analytics Dashboard. This episode will give you the insight you need! IPPS-A is a Soldier system.

Welcome to the IPPS-A Podcast! COL Rebekah Lust chats with MAJ Linda Platt, Chief of Training and Deployment for the U.S. Army Reserve, and CW2 Von Blas, Human Resources Technician, about the status of the IPPS-A Marketplace platform, lessons learned from the April Marketplace launch for AGR Strength Managers, Marketplace resources, current sprint work, and upcoming Marketplace priorities over the next few months. Listen here for more on IPPS-A Marketplace, talent management initiatives, and user resources. This episode will give you the insight you need! IPPS-A is a Soldier system.

AGR Marketplace Posters: https://ipps-a.army.mil/Resources/Marketing-Media/Posters/

User guides and job aids: https://ipps-a.army.mil/Training/Training-Aids/

Welcome to the IPPS-A Podcast! IPPS-A Instructor and Developer CW2 Jessica Recinos chats with special guest Chief Warrant Officer of the Branch (CWOB), CW5 Chad G. Bowen, about the importance of embracing change in the Army, what IPPS-A means for AG Corps Warrant Officers, and the future of the AG Corps — “Defend and Serve!” We’ll also hear from CW2 James Walden, G1 HR Systems Branch Chief, and CW2 Reynold Raj, Human Resources Technician on using IPPS-A for managing change and becoming an IPPS-A subject matter expert. If you’re looking for the insight of Warrant Officers on the AG Corps, change management, and embracing transformation, this episode will give you the insight you need! IPPS-A is a Soldier system.

Welcome to the IPPS-A Podcast! COL Rebekah Lust chats with MAJ Ian Morris, IPPS-A Business Intelligence Analyst, and CPT Benjamin Kier, IPPS-A Assignments, Separations and Restrictions Lead, about the Account for the Army campaign, leveraging SABIR as the Army’s authoritative strength projection tool, the latest with Assignments, and the new Pay-Absences-Incent-Ded (PAID) and InTransit Grid (ITG) guide. Listen here for more on IPPS-A Army accountability, SABIR, assignment updates, and user guides. This episode will give you the insight you need! IPPS-A is a Soldier system. 

More information on SABIR: https://ipps-a.army.mil/Release-3/SABIR/

User guides and job aids: https://ipps-a.army.mil/Training/Training-Aids/

Welcome to the IPPS-A Podcast all NCO episode! SGM Paul Smith chats with MSG David Minder, IPPS-A’s Training and Deployment team NCOIC, MSG Anre Hall, IPPS-A’s Design and Development Lead, and MSG Robert Simmons, IPPS-A’s Sr. Finance NCO about Army-wide personnel accountability, training for NCOs, IPPS-A’s Operational Training Environment (OTE), Enlisted accessions and pay prioritizations, and MilPay updates. This episode will give you the insight you need! IPPS-A is a Soldier system.

Welcome to the IPPS-A Podcast! COL Rebekah Lust chats with LTC Jade Root and MSG David Minder about the importance of training to maintain your IPPS-A skills, using OBIEE for Army-wide personnel accountability, and some impressive statistics one year after Go-Live. Listen here for more on IPPS-A training, OBIEE, and Army accountability. This episode will give you the insight you need! IPPS-A is a Soldier system.

Welcome to the IPPS-A Podcast! COL Rebekah Lust chats with LTC John Elko and LTC Jade Root about how far IPPS-A has come one year after Release 3 (R3), improvements made based on user feedback, and the benefits of using Agile Methodology for the system. The team also gives a glimpse into what’s next in 2024 for IPPS-A’s Service for Analytics and Business Intelligence Reports (SABIR) and Business Intelligence (BI) capabilities. Listen here for more on system improvements, 2024 priorities, SABIR 2.0, and BI. This episode will give you the insight you need! IPPS-A is a Soldier system.