Reengineering the Army Officer Personnel Management System for the 21st century

In 1996, the US Army Chief of Staff, General D. Reimer created a task force to reengineer the Army Officer Personnel Management System (OPMS) for the 21st century integrated with the army leader development system. His guidance included the requirement to examine alternate career paths in both the operational and institutional army and to define "success" for the officer corps outside the traditional command track. This paper discusses the systems engineering methodology used by the task force for "reengineering" the army officer personnel management system to ensure the army develops officers with the right skills, knowledge, attributes and experience to meet 21st century challenges.