After a five-month competitive prototype phase, PEO Enterprise’s Foreign Military Sales – Army Case Execution System (FMS-ACES) received authorization Sept. 20 to move into the execution phase of the Software Acquisition Pathway.

If 2023 was the year Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS) initiated its Agile transformation, 2024 is the year it plans to increase the maturity of its Agile delivery.

U.S. Army Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS) is growing its Lean Agile Center of Excellence (LACE) — most recently, with the hire of Agile coach Scott Sinclair.  

On March 25, 2024, Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems’ (PEO EIS) Foreign Military Sales – Army Case Execution System (FMS-ACES) product office kicked off its competitive prototype phase by inviting two vendors to develop demo products as part of FMS-ACES’ Other Transaction Authority solicitation process.

During a May 2022 Agile information session for Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS), ASA(ALT) Principal Deputy Young Bang said one of the chief benefits of moving from waterfall to Agile software development was risk reduction. 

Well before the Army’s ongoing transition to Agile software development, U.S. Army Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems’ (PEO EIS) Global Combat Support System – Army (GCSS-Army) product office saw a need to shorten the software testing timeline.   

In the midst of U.S. Army Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems’ (PEO EIS) Agile transformation last year, the head of the organization’s Acquisition Innovation Directorate (AID), Aric Sherwood, saw the need for better information sharing at the program level. 

The Enterprise Business Systems – Convergence (EBS-C) project management office (PMO) at U.S. Army Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS) has a pivotal year ahead.