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	Director, Operational Test & Evaluation
FY97 Annual Report

JOINT RECRUITING INFORMATION SUPPORT SYSTEM (JRISS)

	Army ACAT IAM Program 67 entry processing stations plus 25000 desktop/laptop systems Total program cost (TY$) $410M Average unit cost (TY$) $6M Full-rate production (IOC) 4Q FY98 Life cycle cost (TY$) $688M Prime Contractor Electronic Data Systems (EDS)

SYSTEM DESCRIPTION & CONTRIBUTION TO JOINT VISION 2010

JRISS is an automated information system intended to improve recruiting business process and information management while reducing costs and providing a system that will be useable by all the military Services. JRISS applies to the collection, processing, storage, and transmission of information by the active and reserve component recruiting commands of the Navy, Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, and the Army and Air Force National Guard Bureau recruiting missions.

The scope of military recruiting encompasses all the functions that recruiting commands, services, and divisions perform, from initial identification of potential enlistees and officer candidates through initial unit assignment or assignment to initial training. JRISS will include the functionality of the diverse systems currently in place, automate tasks for recruiters in the field, and provide the field users connectivity to other systems to facilitate recruiting processes.

JRISS operates in a distributed environment servicing six nodes from the headquarters level to the individual recruiter. Levels I through III operate using local area network-based servers and workstations exclusively. Levels IV through VI, representing the recruiter work force, operate on stand-alone portable workstations that will include communications capability (voice and data) and full-motion video capability. The recruiter workstation will be a laptop or desktop computer with the primary function of supporting the recruiting process.

JRISS supports JV 2010 by providing what that vision asserts is our most fundamental source of strength - quality personnel.

In FY92, the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Force Management and Personnel) began a comprehensive examination of military personnel and its associated activities, including military recruiting organizations to meet each component's requirements for qualified individuals.

In October 1992, a Joint Work Group (JWG) consisting of representatives of the Service components met to examine the activities associated with the recruiting process; identify commonalties and differences, redundancies, business process improvement opportunities, and provide recommendations for improvements. Following the JWG, Service-specific work groups undertook to refine and further decompose the activities already identified. The JWG took this work and established a core of functional requirements for a DoD wide system and, under the guidance of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense Personnel and Readiness, established the JRISS initiative.

JRISS has adopted an incremental development approach which will include at least six releases, with the first two, Alpha and Bravo, comprising the core of the functional requirements including: supporting the single point of data entry concept; electronically transferring all testing, physical, and accession information between entry processing stations and the Service component recruiting organizations; and, providing the capability to display, review, and print required recruiting forms and presentations.

JRISS underwent a system assessment for the Alpha release in support of a Milestone III(a) fielding decision. The system assessment, which took place July 14-17, 1997, was conducted in compliance with the TEMP approved by DOT&E in July 1997. The Alpha release consisted of laptop computers provided with Microsoft Office 97 as well as the GOTS products Computer Adaptive Screening Tests (CAST) and the Enlisted Screening Test (EST). The laptops also contain communications capability and full-motion video to support recruiting presentations.

The system assessment of the Alpha release demonstrated that this limited functionality release is both effective and suitable. The only deficiencies noted were a desire for additional practical exercises during training, a breakdown with the help desk involving the procedure for transmitting a fax (fixed after the provision of a standard check list for this procedure), and a lack of any kind of security standing operating procedures.

Early involvement of the test community allowed for an orderly progression into the early phases of testing despite problems with the initial strategies and funding problems. Earlier resolution of testing issues allowed the program office to concentrate on other issues that may arise which could delay the program.