AFPC officials launch improved Airmen Development Plan

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  • By Richard Salomon
  • Air Force Personnel Center Public Affairs
RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas --  Active-duty officers -- and soon civilians -- can now more effectively map their careers with the recent phase two launch of the Airmen Development Plan.

The phase II version includes a new audit trail feature and the ability to generate weekly e-mail notifications.

The ADP application was introduced in September 2007 for Air Force officers and serves as an online planning application that integrates numerous force development tools, such as electronic records, duty histories, career planning diagrams, decoration citations and assignment preferences, into one platform.

Reimplementation of the new audit trail feature allows Airmen to identify the location of their ADP in the chain of command.

"If a member can't remember when they last sent their ADP in for review, this new version allows that person to know exactly where it is in the ADP system," said Capt. Kimberly Williams, mission support chief for force development at the Air Force Personnel Center here.

Also, when Airmen submit their ADP to their supervisors, weekly e-mail notifications now let their raters and reviewers know they have an ADP waiting for their review. With the phase one version, Airmen had to call or send separate e-mails to notify them.

"These changes help streamline processes and make it easier for Airmen to manage their careers," said Captain Williams. "And, because ADP provides career snapshots, supervisors can make solid career path recommendations by seeing what schools and assignments those Airmen have had. It's all part of force development."

While phase one of the ADP launch replaced the transitional officer development plan, phase two will replace the transitional civilian development plan sometime this fall. The T-CDP is a secure Web-based tool that gives civilians the opportunity to indicate their personal desires for experience, training and education opportunities. They, in return, receive feedback on how those desires fit in with Air Force goals and requirements.

"Although they won't be used until later in the year, civilians can now log into the new ADP version and fill out their development plans," said Cliff Hogue, AFPC's civilian development plan program manager. "This Web-based application will serve as a one-stop shop for civilian career broadening opportunities, assignment choices, developmental education and more. Instead of creating hard-copy documents, such as developmental education applications, civilians will be able to perform those tasks within the ADP program."

By using the ADPs, civilian development team members will be able to access career briefs, career planning diagrams and all other pertinent personnel information in an employee's developmental plan to help those employees identify their future career goals and career development preferences.

"Civilian leaders will be in a better position to nominate members for career leadership and developmental education opportunities," said Mr. Hogue. "Our goal is to have a common operating picture for military members, civilians, supervisors, commanders, senior raters, as well as assignment, career field and development teams. This system gives our senior raters instant access and a single-system capability."

The new ADP version also incorporates the officer -- and soon civilian -- developmental education application process in one location. This process is the mechanism used to determine in-residence attendance at both intermediate and senior developmental schools.

Air Force Form 3849 (Web-based for officers) and Air Force Form 4059 (hard copy for civilians) will still be used for the 2009 Developmental Education Cycle, but ADP will replace these methods in March 2010.

All current information and roles within ADP have automatically rolled over into the new version.

The ADP tool is found on the AFPC Secure Web site and the Air Force Portal. Tutorials and frequently asked questions are available on AFPC's "Ask" Web site by entering "ADP" in the search function.

For more information, call the Total Force Service Center at (800) 525-0102.