Session 1:      Knowledge Management Strategy

Speaker:  Dr. Robert Neilson

This session will review the background of the development of the Army Knowledge Management Strategy, the Army's main transformation effort to create a Soldier-centric, knowledge-enabled force improving decision dominance by our warfighters and business stewards.  The principles underlying the strategy, the ways the strategy will be implemented through education, training, professional development and certification, and the means by which progress will be measured by metrics will be discussed.  Army Knowledge Management core competencies will also be covered, including how they will be developed, implemented, and the success of their implementation within the force measured.

Session 2:      Human Capital

Speaker : Mr. Marvin Wages, CIO/G-6

Human Capital programs provide a structure to developing the Army’s IT workforce and align to Federal and DoD personnel reform agenda items for the IT workforce.  The session will provide an overview of the new Army CIO/G-6 Information Technology Human Capital Strategic Plan (IT HCSP) 2008-2015 and focus on the key enterprise initiatives of the Senior IT Management Advisory Board (SITMAB) that is guiding the plan.  There will be major updates on Career Program 34 training, education and development services, featuring a newly designed university programs application ,new ACTEDS policies and practices, a revitalized ITMCareers website, IT competencies based on DoD/Army standards for the 2210 series, and success stories on the Army Knowledge Leaders (AKL) Program for DA Intern accessions.

Wednesday, 20 August 2008

Session 3:      Collaboration

Speaker:  Mr. Thaddeus Dmuchowski, CIO/G-6

This session will review the basis for governing collaboration in the Army Enterprise and define the capabilities and requirements met by AKO, NCES and SharePoint.  The foundation for some of our governing capabilities include: training and educating KM leaders; protecting and securing information and Knowledge assets; use of standard business rules and processes across the enterprise; and use of portals that permit single sign-on and authentication across the global enterprise including partners.  This session will also describe how collaboration defines a wide range of structures, processes, procedures, services and tools necessary to enable Warfighters the opportunity to use an electronic synchronous and asynchronous environment for communication, planning and information sharing across the enterprise.  It will also explain how Collaboration tools are validated for inclusion on the Army’s Collaboration Tools Approved Product List (APL).

Session 4 :     Army Knowledge Online/Defense Knowledge Online (AKO/DKO): State of the Union

Speaker:  COL Earl Noble, PM AKO

The AKO/DKO Team leads a joint effort to develop, integrate, deploy, and support DKO, an adaptive and agile enterprise portal for the Department of Defense.  DKO will utilize current and future net-centric technology to enable a framework that empowers knowledge dominance, ensures synchronization of resources, and aggressively enables situational awareness and operational security in support of the Warfighter.  During this session, the AKO/DKO Team will present DKO IOC status, ongoing technical and functional coordination efforts, and the current capabilities and expanded features and functionality that will come with the AKO/DKO portal upgrade to Appian 5.x.

Session 5 :     Governance

Speaker : Ms. Sonya Phillips

This session defines the difference between governance and management and why governance is an essential component of business transformation and the migration to enterprise services.  Also discussed is the proposed governance framework, roles and responsibilities of the stakeholders, accountability and compliance enforcement, and the role of the CIO throughout this process.

Thursday, 21 August 2008

Session 6:      Portfolio Management

Speaker:  Mr. Troy Munson, CIO/G-6

This session explores the emerging Capability Portfolio Management (CPM) construct and the Army’s efforts to transition from the seventeen existing Information Technology (IT) Portfolio Management domains to nine Joint Capability Areas (JCAs) whose area of authority span not only IT, but also the entire DOTLMPF.  The CPM construct enables the Army to manage groups of like-capabilities across the enterprise, shifting to an output-focused model that has the potential to improve integration of Service and COCOM contributions to required Joint capability development.