The Marine Corps Training Information Management System (MCTIMS) warehouses performance information
regarding all mission essential tasks Marine Corps units must perform in order to execute across the full range of
military operations. MCTIMS currently has a requirement for a mobile application. This application enables Marine
leaders to collect unit performance data digitally in the field and quickly upload those data into MCTIMS, avoiding
laborious manual input of each result. The application’s concept of operations is as follows: 1) download performance
evaluation criteria from MCTIMS; 2) provide leaders with inputs to capture performance ratings; 3) display results
immediately following an exercise to enable After Action Reviews (AARs) and; 4) upload results to MCTIMS to
support tracking of trends across the force. A prototype application, MCTIMS Mobile, was developed for testing and
feasibility assessment. The application was tested in two live-fire exercises where usability and utility metrics were
captured. The goals of the field tests were to informally evaluate, with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and proposed
users, the ability of the MCTIMS Mobile tool to support productive trainee assessment and efficient data collection
and measurement. The field study demonstrated support for the tool, with clear directions for improvements. The
results show that the tool works as expected, but certain features can be made more intuitive and easier to use. The
quantitative results were interpreted very strictly and users provided substantial constructive feedback. Consideration
of the feedback received from the users led to redesign and modification of the mobile tool. MCTIMS Mobile is
intended to capture more data concerning Marine performance, better data (because it is captured in real time), and
data that persist in MCTIMS to improve assessments of Marines and the training the Marine Corps provides.