Army Cost Management (ACM) Portal: Guide for New Users September 23, 2015 11/7/2018

Why an Army Cost Management Portal? A Note from the Leadership : New Army Cost Management (ACM) Portal Mr. Stephen G. Barth DASA-Cost & Economics Historically, Army has focused on managing by budget; whereas, we are focusing now on managing by costs. Our financial systems provide Senior Leaders and Commanders the information they need to make resource-informed decisions such as: total costs, quantitative data in Statistical Key Figures, and Return on Investment. We understand that moving toward full implementation of Cost Management (CM) is going to be an evolutionary process. Our resource management professionals and our operational managers Army-wide need guidance. Our response has been to upgrade the Cost and Performance Portal (CPP) to the new Army Cost Management (ACM) Portal. This new Portal and reporting environment is the “Army’s Home for Cost Management”, integrating all Army cost management knowledge, metrics and applications in one site: The information you will find on this site includes, but is not limited to: Guidance on Cost Management and the Cost Management in GFEBS, Training Opportunities, Cost Management Apps and Metrics, Cost Warrior publications, and a Command Corner with command specific resources. We hope this new site will foster a positive and open environment to Share Best Practices and lessons learned across Army organizations 11/7/2018

Outline How to Register for an account and Sign-In to the ACM Portal Overview of Portal contents: Knowledge Center Apps Metrics Main page and navigation Icon/click through navigation Top menu navigation User questions and feedback 11/7/2018

Sign in using your CAC/PIV Sign In or Register as a new user Go to https://acm.army.mil If you already have a CPP account, click the “Sign In” button and sign-in using your CAC. Portal access is “CAC only”. If you want to register for a new account, click the “Register” button. For Army civilian and military, you will be prompted to click a button that will generate and send an email to your .mil email. From the email that has been sent to your .mil account, click the link and a registration form will open. Review the information in the registration form and click Submit. You will then receive a second email indicating that your account has been activated and you can sign in from https://acm.army.mil. For contractors or other non-Army users, you will be prompted to click a button that will generate and send an email to your .mil email. From the email that has been sent to your .mil email account, click the link and a registration form will open. Provide the requested Sponsor information in the form and click Submit. Once your sponsor has been confirmed, you will receive a second email indicating that your account has been activated and you can sign in from https://acm.army.mil. Sign in using your CAC/PIV Insert your CAC/PIV into the card reader, then click the “Sign In” button: Sign In Register If you do not yet have a CPP or ACM Portal account, click the “Register” button: Register 11/7/2018

Portal Content Overview: Three Focus Areas Knowledge Center Contains Cost Management documents, information on training, and links to tools through the following pages: Cost Management Leadership & Oversight Policy & Guidance Training and Templates Cost Management Processes Cost Benefit Analysis Apps Provides information on and links to the following Cost Management apps: Cost Benefit Analysis Workflow Tool Cost Review Board Tool Capabilities Knowledge Base MPA Forecasting and Analysis Cost Management Tools Metrics Provides links to the following Business Intelligence reports: Cost Management Usage GFEBS Master Data Quality Installations & Services/Standard Service Costing MPA Metrics 11/7/2018

Portal Navigation Example Using Icons From the Main page, navigate to the CBA Training page: On the Main page, click directly on the Knowledge Center icon/photo and the link will direct you to the Knowledge Center page. From the right column of the Knowledge Center page, click directly on the Cost Benefit Analysis Information icon and the link will direct you to the Cost Benefit Analysis Information page. From the left menu on the Cost Benefit Analysis page, you can navigate to other CBA pages. Click on the CBA Training item and you will be directed to the CBA Training page. 4. Your destination page: CBA Training (scroll down to see all of the contents). Cost Benefit Analysis Information Information and training about CBAs and a link to the CBA workflow tool, which tracks CBAs from start to finish. 11/7/2018

Portal Navigation Example Using Dropdown Menus From the Main page, navigate to the CBA Training page: On the Main page from the top menu, navigate to the Knowledge Center and click on the down arrow to open the menu. Select “Cost Benefit Analysis Information” from the list and click to be directed to the Cost Benefit Analysis Information page. From the left menu on the Cost Benefit Analysis page, you can navigate to other CBA pages. Click on the CBA Training item and you will be directed to the CBA Training page. 4. Your destination page: CBA Training (scroll down to see all of the contents). 11/7/2018

User Questions and Feedback On any page, click on the “Contact Us” link in the footer to display the Contact Us page (see below). On “Contact Us” page, click on the “Contact Us link. At the system prompt, click “Allow” to open an email. Enter a Subject and your question(s) or feedback and send the email to the ACM Helpdesk. We will respond promptly. 11/7/2018