Marine Corps Training Information Management System (MCTIMS) Modernization

1.  Purpose.  To update the Total Force on Marine
Corps Training Information Management System (MCTIMS) modernization
efforts. 
2.  Background
2.a.  MCTIMS is the service-level authoritative data source used to
originate, maintain, validate, and disseminate individual and
unit-level training completion data for the Marine Corps Total Force
(Active and Reserve components).  MCTIMS delivers five key
capabilities: it provides training data for Marine Corps pay,
promotion, and talent management; reports unit and enterprise
training readiness to the Defense Readiness Reporting System;
consolidates pre-deployment training requirements; supports student
registration across Department of War (DoW) schools; and standardizes
curriculum development at formal schools. 
2.b.  The legacy MCTIMS architecture is over 20 years old and cannot
meet emerging cybersecurity and data management requirements.  DC T&E
has directed a modernization effort that preserves existing workflows
and enterprise data sharing while transitioning to a cloud-based
platform.  The new system, MCTIMS II, will retain all legacy
capabilities and interfaces but will be refactored to enhance user
experience, improve data management and support future growth. 
2.c.  Cloud architecture and modern interface methods are essential 
to unifying internal and external business processes.  MCTIMS II is
an ecosystem optimized for advanced AI and analytics, enabling
actionable insights from large data sets.  Externally, it will
strengthen data sharing across the enterprise and the DoW;
internally, it will replace 17 disparate legacy modules with four
integrated functional domains. 
3.  Domains
3.a.  The four-domain design condenses data from 17 legacy modules 
into one of the following domains:  1) Standards, 2) Student 
Registrar, 3) Formal Schools, and 4) Unit Training.
3.b.  The Standards Domain contains the legacy Task Master and
Training and Readiness (T&R) modules refactored / renamed as the
Marine Corps Task List (MCTL), Mission Essential Task List (METL),
T&R Events, and T&R Manuals capability sets.  This domain will offer
improved workflows and produce transparent validation of standards
content.  Combat Development and Integration's (CD&I) MCTL/METL
branch and TECOM's Ground Standards Branch (GSB) are the primary
content managers of this domain.  Outputs from the Standards Domain
(METL content, T&R Events, and T&R Manuals) are consumed by Formal
Schools, the Fleet Marine Force (FMF), and the Supporting
Establishment. 
3.c.  The Student Registrar Domain will contain relevant functions
for student registration, Formal School Personnel Management, and
Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) Manual and Roadmaps modules.
Modernization updates key interfaces with other service registrar
systems such as the Army Training Requirements and Resources
System (ATRRS), Corporate Enterprise Training Activity Resource
Systems (CeTARS), Military Personnel Data System (MilPDS), and
Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).  The primary content managers
for this domain are the TECOM Student Registrar Branch,
Occupational Field sponsors, TECOM Formal School Training Support,
and the Training Command Production Section.  Both Formal Schools
(FS) and FMF units have interest in this domain as it enables
Marine Corps FS seat management and individual course completion.
3.d.  The Formal Schools Domain will contain the legacy Curriculum
Management, Training Resource, Scheduling, and Electronic Training
Jacket modules.  Refactoring streamlines the Program of Instruction
staffing process and improves MOS production reporting.  While the
primary content originators for the FS Domain are the formal schools,
TECOM Learning Standards Branch (LSB), authorized POI approval
authorities, and the FMF have interests in this domain's outputs.
3.e.  The Unit Training Domain will contain the legacy Unit
Training, Pre-deployment, and Unit Evaluation modules.  Refactoring
improves access to unit training statistics and provides metrics
that will define Marine Air Ground Task Force readiness.  The
primary content owners and users of this domain are the FMF and
Supporting Establishment organizations.  TECOM LSB's Unit Training
Manager and FMF units will be the consumers of this functionality.
The Unit Training Domain will enhance legacy capabilities to track
skill set proficiency and currency.  Initial enhancements will focus
on ground combat vehicles (e.g., Amphibious Combat Vehicles, tactical
vehicles), and small unmanned systems.  It will eventually expand to
other specialties to facilitate proficiency and currency evaluation.
3.f.  The legacy Report Server function, currently provided by the
COGNOS application, will be evaluated for potential replacement by
a comprehensive, user-friendly data mining application.  User
permission management will also be refined but will retain current
local administrator features that enable system access management
at the Formal Learning Centers and unit levels.
4.  Program next steps
4.a.  Modernization is a phased effort. MCTIMS II is under
development and will be transitioned incrementally to ensure the
availability of historical and current data before decommissioning
legacy systems. 
The modernization phases are:
Phase 1 (complete):  Establish the hosting environment for MCTIMS II
in the Marine Corps Business Operations Support Services (MCBOSS)
cloud.
Phase 2 (complete):  Establish and validate data exchange between
legacy MCTIMS and MCTIMS II to enable a phased transition of users
and 14 external system interfaces.
Phase 3 (in-progress):  Build, validate, and launch Standards Domain
in MCTIMS II.  CD&I and TECOM GSB content originators are currently
active in MCTIMS II; all other users will consume content in legacy
MCTIMS until further notice. 
Phase 4:  Build, validate, and launch Student Registrar Domain in
MCTIMS II.  TECOM SRB, FSTS and designated users will transition to
MCTIMS II for content origination; most users will continue
in legacy MCTIMS until otherwise instructed via subsequent MARADMIN.
Phase 5:  Build, validate, and launch Formal School Domain in
MCTIMS II.  All FS activities will be transferred to MCTIMS II
after functionality and data transfer is validated.
Phase 6:  Build, validate, and launch MCTIMS II Unit Training
Domain.  The remaining users and external interfaces will be
transitioned after functionality and data transfer is validated.
Phase 7:  Sunset legacy MCTIMS. The business rules for management
of archived data will be developed and implemented to enable access
of historical information. 
Initial Operational Capability (IOC):  MCTIMS II IOC is defined as
the implementation of initial functionality and transition of
designated users into the MCBOSS cloud.  IOC was achieved at the
beginning of FY25.
Full Operational Capability (FOC): MCTIMS II FOC will be achieved
once all users and external data interfaces have been transitioned
from legacy MCTIMS to MCTIMS II.  FOC is expected NLT Q4FY30.
4.b.   Stakeholder engagements are ongoing to refine domain
processes, workflows, and integration needs.  Key stakeholders
include M&RA, PP&O, CD&I, P&R, TECOM Training Standards Division,
and Training Command G-3. 
4.c.  Anticipate additional MARADMINs regarding the transition to
MCTIMS II domains over the next several years. 
5.  Release authorized by Lieutenant General Benjamin T. Watson,
Deputy Commandant, Training and Education.