The IPPS-A Podcast

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.

Welcome to the IPPS-A Podcast! COL Rebekah Lust chats with SGM Paul Smith and CPT Kevin Valdez about AUSA 2023, perception of the program nearly one year since Release 3, and CRM (Customer Relationship Management). Listen here for more on an AUSA recap; feedback from the field; lessons learned from the field on CRM. This episode will give you the insight you need! IPPS-A is a Soldier system.

Welcome to the IPPS-A Podcast! SGM Gary Krese introduces his replacement SGM Paul Smith, IPPS-A’s new Senior Enlisted Advisor. They chat about HR legacy systems and processes, as well as the transition to IPPS-A, HR modernization, MilPay, training, information sharing, and Customer Relationship Management (CRM). This episode will give you the insight you need! IPPS-A is a Soldier system and HR weapon system.

Welcome to the IPPS-A Podcast! COL Becky Lust chats with MAJ Mercedes Skidmore and CPT Kevin Valdez on the enhanced user interface updates (PeopleTools) to improve the intuitiveness, framework and personalization of the system. Additionally, they cover Customer Relationship Management (CRM) benefits and upcoming optimization. These changes help users do tasks faster and enrich user experience. This episode will give you the insight you need! IPPS-A is a Soldier system.

In this episode, we introduce IPPS-A's new leadership, COL Rebekah Lust, and wish the outgoing chief, COL Rebecca Eggers farewell.

Welcome to the IPPS-A Podcast! COL Rebecca Eggers chats with SGM Gary Krese and MSG Robert Simmons on IPPS-A’s Talent Management capabilities, Soldier Talent Profile, MilPay transactions, and future payroll absence enhancements. This episode will give you the insight you need! IPPS-A is a Soldier system.

Welcome to the IPPS-A Podcast! COL Rebecca Eggers chats with MAJ Ollie Akanni and CW2 Alex Segura on Release 3’s SABIR (Service Analytics Business Intelligence Reports), OBIEE (Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition), and CRM (Customer Relationship Management). Listen here for more on data, reports, and dashboards; differences between SABIR and OBIEE; SABIR updates; customer support resources; CRM case tracking and resolution. This episode will give you the insight you need! IPPS-A is a Soldier system. Use the Help Center tile in the system to search the FAQs for already answered questions. Check out the CRM Manual in the system: https://hr.ippsa.army.mil/upk/r3/resources/help/Publishing%20Content/PlayerPackage/data/toc.html.

Welcome to the IPPS-A Podcast! COL Rebecca Eggers chats with LTC Lee Baklarz and MAJ Mercedes Skidmore on Release 3 stabilization and accountability. Listen here for more on data conversion, assignments, policies, training, and mobile app. This episode will give you the insight you need! IPPS-A is a Soldier system. While we will begin to stand down our In-Person Over-the-Shoulder-Support (OTSS), the Virtual OTSS being conducted by Team IPPS-A will extend beyond 31 March 2023 in order to continue transition support. Thank you for your feedback and participation. If you have any questions or want to participate, please reach out on the MS Teams Channel in whichever group is applicable to you: 1) CONUS; 2) Ft. Knox; 3) Ft. Hood; 4) Ft. Bragg; 5) JBLM; 6) USAR; 7) ARNG; 8) USAREUR AF; 9) USFK; 10) AMC IMCOM; 11) Ft. Belvoir; 12) Transfers and Separations; 13) NETCOM; 14) RA. And, you may also contact the Training Team through their Microsoft Teams channel https://dod.teams.microsoft.us/l/team/19%3adod%3abe1ec39e3d7440a89a4c7adf5946018f%40thread.tacv2/conversations?groupId=a0f79218-9101-4c6c-863b-84c8c14309e9&tenantId=fae6d70f-954b-4811-92b6-0530d6f84c43

Welcome to the IPPS-A Podcast all NCO episode! SGM Gary Krese chats with MSG Anre Hall and MSG Neal (Chris) Robinson on Release 3 Go-Live progress and the priorities. Listen here for more on pay-impacting actions, promotions, assignments, guidance, CRM cases, lessons learned, support, resources, and adapting to a new system. This episode will give you the insight you need! IPPS-A is a Soldier system. #TeamIPPSA #IPPSA #USArmy #IPPSAR3 #USArmy #PeopleFirst #modernization https://ipps-a.army.mil/ https://hr.ippsa.army.mil/ https://hr.ippsa.army.mil/ https://www.facebook.com/armyippsa https://twitter.com/IPPSArmy https://www.instagram.com/usarmy_ippsa/ https://www.milsuite.mil/book/community/spaces/apf/s1net/ipps-a #TeamIPPSA #IPPSATraining #TodayILearned #IPPSAR3 #TeamIPPSA #HRTransformation #Soldiers #USArmy #Hooah #BestoftheBest #PeopleFirst #IPPSAR2 #ARNG #USAR #Data #DataCorrectness #HR #ArmyHR #HumanResources #IPPSAPodcast #IPPSAWebinar #IPPSACoffeeTawk

Release 3 Go-Live is here! In this inaugural Season 3 episode, COL Rebecca Eggers chats with LTC John Elko and LTC Brian Hollandsworth on Release 3 Go-Live progress and how far it has come. Listen here for more on access, accountability, roles and subcategories, Teams support, communication, testing, known issues, fixes, and future enhancements. This episode will give you the insight you need! Self-Service: https://my.ippsa.army.mil Elevated User: https://hr.ippsa.army.mil #TeamIPPSA #IPPSA #USArmy #IPPSAR3 #USArmy #PeopleFirst #modernization https://ipps-a.army.mil/ https://www.facebook.com/armyippsa https://twitter.com/IPPSArmy https://www.instagram.com/usarmy_ippsa/ https://www.milsuite.mil/book/community/spaces/apf/s1net/ipps-a #TeamIPPSA #IPPSATraining #TodayILearned #IPPSAR3 #TeamIPPSA #HRTransformation #Soldiers #USArmy #Hooah #BestoftheBest #PeopleFirst #IPPSAR2 #ARNG #USAR #Data #DataCorrectness #HR #ArmyHR #HumanResources #IPPSAPodcast

In this final 2022 episode, COL Rebecca Eggers chats with MAJ Emily Marty-Soto and MAJ Olumide (Olly) Akanni about the development and capabilities of customer services and support, as well as the business analytics within the system. If you’re looking for insight on customer support resources for the transition to IPPS-A Release 3 and the data tools such as Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) and Service for Analytics and Business Intelligence Reports (SABIR), this is the episode for you! #TeamIPPSA #IPPSA #USArmy #IPPSAR3 #USArmy #PeopleFirst #modernization https://ipps-a.army.mil/ https://www.facebook.com/armyippsa https://twitter.com/IPPSArmy https://www.instagram.com/usarmy_ippsa/ https://www.milsuite.mil/book/community/spaces/apf/s1net/ipps-a #IPPSATraining #TodayILearned #IPPSAR3 #TeamIPPSA #HRTransformation #Soldiers #USArmy #Hooah #BestoftheBest #PeopleFirst #IPPSAR2 #ARNG #USAR #Data #DataCorrectness #HR #ArmyHR #HumanResources #IPPSAPodcast

In this next episode, COL Rebecca Eggers chats with LTC John Elko and LTC Megan Meinholz about Brown Out and Cut Over (BOCO), accountability, training and resources. If you’re looking for insight on required unit tasks, flag tracking, webinars, demos, User Manual, and Cutover Guide, this is the episode for you. Visit the BOCO page at: https://ipps-a.army.mil/brownout-cutover Please email the IPPS-A Mailbox with your questions: usarmy.pentagon.hqda-ipps-a.mbx.ipps-a@mail.mil #TeamIPPSA #IPPSA #USArmy #IPPSAR3 #USArmy #PeopleFirst #modernization https://ipps-a.army.mil/ https://www.facebook.com/armyippsa https://twitter.com/IPPSArmy https://www.instagram.com/usarmy_ippsa/ https://www.milsuite.mil/book/communi... #TeamIPPSA #IPPSATraining #TodayILearned #IPPSAR3 #TeamIPPSA #HRTransformation #Soldiers #USArmy #Hooah #BestoftheBest #PeopleFirst #IPPSAR2 #ARNG #USAR #Data #DataCorrectness #HR #ArmyHR #HumanResources #IPPSAPodcast

In this next episode, MAJ Stanley Gillens, Jr. chats with LTC John Elko and LTC Brian Hollandsworth about testing and all the preparation events taking place prior to brownout/cutover to ensure a successful Go-Live. If you’re looking for insight on who participated, what was tested, outcomes, and preparing users, this is the episode for you. Brownout is no earlier than 10 November. Leaders/Approvers: Leader Course is due 4 November 2022. HR Professionals/HR Field Users: SUBCAT Training due 4 November 2022. Soldiers/Self-Service: Recommended 1 hour video so you know how to submit your requests, like leave. Training is available via ELM at https://hr.ippsa.csd.disa.mil/ or the IPPS-A App (Apple and Google Play). For more info, visit https://ipps-a.army.mil/r3net/. Cutover Guide and User Manual: https://hr.ippsa.army.mil/upk/r3/resources/help/Publishing%20Content/PlayerPackage/data/toc.html Please email the IPPS-A Mailbox with your questions: usarmy.pentagon.hqda-ipps-a.mbx.ipps-a@mail.mil #TeamIPPSA #IPPSA #USArmy #IPPSAR3 #USArmy #PeopleFirst #modernization https://ipps-a.army.mil/ https://www.facebook.com/armyippsa https://twitter.com/IPPSArmy https://www.instagram.com/usarmy_ippsa/ https://www.milsuite.mil/book/community/spaces/apf/s1net/ipps-a #TeamIPPSA #IPPSATraining #TodayILearned #IPPSAR3 #TeamIPPSA #HRTransformation #Soldiers #USArmy #Hooah #BestoftheBest #PeopleFirst #IPPSAR2 #ARNG #USAR #Data #DataCorrectness #HR #ArmyHR #HumanResources #IPPSAPodcast

In this next episode, COL Rebecca Eggers chats with COL June Copeland and LTC Megan Meinholz about how IPPS-A will impact all components upon Go-Live and the tasks that must be completed to support Soldiers. If you’re looking for insight on the benefits coming to Soldiers, mandatory training, provisioning, and preparatory tasks, this is the episode for you. Leaders/Approvers: Leader Course is due 31 July 2022. HR Professionals/HR Field Users: SUBCAT Training due 31 July 2022. Soldiers/Self-Service: Recommended 1 hour video so you know how to submit your requests, like leave. Training is available via ELM at https://hr.ippsa.csd.disa.mil/ or the IPPS-A App (Apple and Google Play). For more info, visit https://ipps-a.army.mil/r3net/. Cutover Guide and User Manual: https://hr.ippsa.army.mil/upk/r3/resources/help/Publishing%20Content/PlayerPackage/data/toc.html Please email the IPPS-A Mailbox with your questions: usarmy.pentagon.hqda-ipps-a.mbx.ipps-a@mail.mil.

In this next episode, COL Rebecca Eggers chats with LTC John Elko and SGM Gary Krese about ROC Drill 4, testing and command tasks for Go-Live. If you’re looking for insight on feedback, results, brownout/cutover and training, this is the episode for you. Brownout is 13 August. Leaders/Approvers: Leader Course is due 31 July 2022. HR Professionals/HR Field Users: SUBCAT Training due 31 July 2022. Soldiers/Self-Service: Recommended 1 hour video so you know how to submit your requests, like leave. Training is available via ELM at https://hr.ippsa.csd.disa.mil/ or the IPPS-A App (Apple and Google Play). For more info, visit https://ipps-a.army.mil/r3net/. Cutover Guide and User Manual: https://hr.ippsa.army.mil/upk/r3/resources/help/Publishing%20Content/PlayerPackage/data/toc.html Please email the IPPS-A Mailbox with your questions: usarmy.pentagon.hqda-ipps-a.mbx.ipps-a@mail.mil