You need DD Form 2898, and this page gives you the blank plus the steps for handling it. Start with what the form does: Department of Defense Senior Professional Pay and Performance Appraisal. Its official title is DD Form 2898, DoD Senior Professional Pay and Performance Appraisal, August 2009.
Then look at the edition date: not stated, publisher status not stated. After that, ask whether the form covers your situation. It almost certainly does regardless of your branch — DD forms run Department-wide rather than through a single service.
After that, turn to timing. The requirement comes from not stated; the form is maintained by not stated. Local implementing instructions fill in the dates, so check with the office that will receive your copy.
Before you download, pick your approach — editable file or printed page. What follows covers the formats first, then the entries, then what you do afterward.
Now fill it in. Work from the top of the page downward, and do not jump ahead — the identifying block comes first, the substance of your entry second, the certification last. Later boxes often depend on what you put at the top.
Before your first entry, look at the corner of the page and compare the printed date with not stated. If they do not match, stop and download again. Old copies circulate in shared drives for years, and a DD form is revised centrally for every service at once, so a superseded blank may not carry the fields your reviewer expects.
For questions about a specific entry, check the form's own instructions, and if that does not settle it, open not stated. The directive controls where they differ.
Download the form
First, look at what you can download. The set covers PDF, the form runs 10 pages, and you will complete roughly 67 fields.
Choose pdf as your default. Next, click inside a box. A fillable pdf responds by outlining the field and letting you type; the text stays in the document when you save it. A printable pdf does not respond, which tells you to print the page and complete it by hand.
Type when you can. Printed entries stay legible after the form is scanned, copied and forwarded, and handwriting often does not survive that trip. If you must write by hand, use block capitals and press firmly.
Before you take the xfdl file, make sure you can open it. Install IBM Lotus Forms Viewer or an equivalent client first, because your pdf reader will refuse the file. Then download and complete it as normal.
You will not be charged for any of these; the whole set is free. Before you start entering data, save the file to your computer and open it there. Fields behave far more reliably in a desktop reader than in a browser preview.
What the form asks for
- 2. Position title.
- 3. Organization.
- 4. Pay pool manager.
- 5. Rating period dates (enter as 4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day, no separators). a. Beginning.
- 5.b. Ending date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 6. Performance type. Press space bar to mark X in first box if annual, second box if interim.
- 7. Appointment type. Mark X in first box if ST, second box if SL, or third box if Other. Circle if appropriate.
- 1. Name of senior professional (last, first, middle initial).
- Part B, Section 1 - Performance Elements, Performance Requirements, and preliminary score. a. Performance scores. 1. Leadership/supervision.
- 1. Leadership/supervision: weight.
- 2.b. Performance elements and requirements. Leadership/supervision. Demonstrates effective and ethical individual and organization leadership to assess situations realistically; identifies and recommends or implements needed changes.
- 2. Contribution to mission accomplishment. a. Performance score.
- 2. Contribution to mission accomplishment: weight.
- 2.b. Performance elements and requirements. Contribution to mission accomplishment: Mandatory. Executes the position's assigned duties in a manner that contributes to the successful outcome of strategic goals and objectives.
- 3. Resource Management. a. Performance score.
- 3. Resource management: weight.
- 3.b. Performance elements and requirements. Resource Management: Demonstrates effective use/management of personal and organizational resources such as time, personnel, equipment and/or funds.
- 4. Communication. a. Performance score.
- 4. Communication: weight.
- 4.b. Performance elements and requirements. Communication: Demonstrates effective listening, writing and oral communications skills.
- 5. Cooperation/teamwork. a. Performance score.
- 5. Cooperation/teamwork: weight.
- 5.b. Performance elements and requirements. Cooperation/teamwork: Demonstrates traits of flexibility, adaptability and decisiveness and the ability to exhibit and foster cooperation in team efforts and organizational settings.
- 6. Customer care. a. Performance score.
Submit the completed form through the channel not stated or your local guidance specifies. Save a copy for yourself before it leaves your hands, whether that means a scan, a photograph or a duplicate file.
Should you need a related form, look it up by its number. The DD sequence is Department-wide, which makes your search simple: no service qualifier, no branch-specific variant to track down.
Watch out for one trap here. If your instructions cite a DA form as well, do not assume the numbers are connected. DA numbering belongs to the Army alone; DD numbering belongs to the Department and is administered by not stated or another Department office. The same number in each system means two unrelated forms, so read the prefix before you download.
Do not archive this file and reuse it in a year. Forms are reissued as directives are revised, as data requirements shift, and as statutory notice text is amended. Your protection is simple: download fresh each time and confirm the edition date.
Before you go, note what is not covered here. You have the blank form and instructions for completing it; you do not have legal guidance, and no statement on this page determines what any office will do with your submission. Direct those questions to not stated, to the personnel office that serves you, or to the office designated in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 2898?
- DD Form 2898, DoD Senior Professional Pay and Performance Appraisal, August 2009
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?