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AASHTO Trns•port®
Contractor’s Report
Thomas P. Rothrock, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President
October 14, 2004
www.cloverleaf.net
Presentation Overview
• Strategic Focus
• Maintenance and Enhancements
• Licensing, Implementation, and Support
• Trns•port Related Work
• Conclusion
Strategic Focus
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Quality Improvements
Next Generation Trns•port
Test Suite Initiative
Materials Management
Executive Information
Mobile Access
Long Range Work Plan posted on
www.cloverleaf.net
Quality Improvements
• TMR processes
– Develop new, TMR specific test cases
– Conduct annual backlog review sessions
• Testing and Release Procedures
– Established a dedicated Test Lab
– Established Test and Release Manager positions
• Installation processes
– Improved the SiteManager installation guide
– Streamlined database scripts
– Preview Installations at Agencies
• 30% fewer calls following end of year releases
Planned Quality Initiatives
• Additional focus this year
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Configuration management
Call Ticket and TMR Tracking system upgrade
Test driven development
Agile methodologies
• New warranty provisions
– If an item works in a release issued June 2005 or after,
we will provide an extended warranty to cover Info Tech
introduced errors for that item in future releases for the
full extent of the AASHTO support period for that release
Next Generation Trns•port
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Migrate to the modern web platform
Web services approach
Increased flexibility and integration
Easier deployment and access
Support variety of devices
Modern reporting and RTF
Gradual transition from client/server
Test Suite
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Improve quality by reducing errors in delivered code
Reduce delivery time and costs
Automate testing, cross-module test database
Onsite install verification and agency testing
• Phase II – December 2004
– Automated tests for batch processes
– High volume data from CO DOT
• Next Phase – June 2005
– Expanded automated test coverage
– Progress on Agency-specific Testing
Materials Management
• Continue enhancing SiteManager
– Currently Big 15 underway
– LIMS integration analysis in MDOT
• Leverage interest in LIMS and materials to
progress toward Next Generation Trns•port
• Take advantage of web technology wherever
possible
Estimation
• Develop standard (generic) cost sheets and
formulas for key items
• Deliver reference cost data with CES
– Blue book, RSMeans
• Utilize data from SiteManager to build cost sheets
• Develop clear vision for aligning Estimator, CES,
and TRACER
Executive Information
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Deliver key information to Executives
Deliver in a straightforward, easy-to-use format
Open Trns•port to a new audience
Raise awareness and importance of Trns•port
– Leverage agency’s existing investment
• Start simple using web technology
Mobile Access
• For managers, planners, construction sites
• Address connectivity issues in the field
• Devices: cell phones, Blackberries
– Alerts “pushed” to them via SMS, e-mail
– Simple web queries
– Rich web content at high speed
• Address role of tablet PCs
• Continue with SitePad 2 project
Trns•port Maintenance &
Enhancements
2003-04 General System Highlights
• Trns•port Test Suite Phase II
• Currency field width expansion
• Maintenance TMRs
– Began the year with 1,090 TMRs
– 591 reported, 215 obsolete, and 592 delivered TMRs
• Upcoming enhancements
– Object Store 2 Integration
– RTF-to-PDF output (Improves printing capability)
– Generic Fields
SiteManager
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3 releases, 350 TMRs
Materials Enhancements, Phase 1 (Big 5)
SiteManager/FieldManager Interface Enhancement
Object Store 2 upgrade
Improved installation procedures
• In Progress
– Materials Enhancements: “Big 15”
• Future
– SitePad Phase 2: “Add DWR templates”
PES, LAS, SAPW, CAS
• Accomplished
– 2 PES/LAS releases, 33 TMRs
– 2 CAS releases, 11 TMRs
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Lock Projects in PES when Proposal Checked Out
PES/LAS Tabbed Folder TMRs
PES Maintenance TMR Bundles
New Data Validations Requested for LASINIT
LAS Attach Proposal to Letting Enhancement
CAS Site Time Record Allow Negatives Enhancement
Expedite
• Accomplished
– 1 mid-year release, 10 TMRs
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– Expedite PGP Technology Upgrade
BAMS/DSS
• Accomplished
– 2 releases, 2 Product Updates, 38 TMRs
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– DSS Edit Database Enhancement
– HREG Enhancement TMR Bundle
– DSS Maintenance TMR Bundles
CES
• Accomplished
– 2 releases, 1 product update, 45 TMRs
– Web Enabled CES Parametric Estimation
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– CES Display Scatter Plot Enhancement
– CES Add Bridge Info Enhancement
– CES Copy Tasks at Item Level Enhancement
Estimator
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1 release, 1 product update, 27 TMRs
Revamped Printing Architecture
Set Price Based on Estimate Total Item Quantity
Generalize and Extend Browser Support
Calculate Mobilization as a Percentage of the Estimate
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– Estimator Build Project in Item Order Enhancement
– Estimator Build History Catalog Filter Enhancement
– Estimator Undo/Redo Requirements Analysis
FieldManager, FieldNet Suite
• Accomplished
– 2 releases, 1 Product Update, 46 TMRs
– Contract Modification functionality enhancements
– Michigan funded enhancements
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– FieldManager
• Contractor Performance Evaluation
• Contract ID and Type During Import
• Assign Items to Subcontractor
– FieldNet Rewrite
Licensing, Implementation, and
Support Activities
Trns•port Licensees
New Brunswick
Philippines
Alaska
Hawaii
39 State Agencies, 1 Canadian Province,
FHWA Federal Lands, DC Dept. of Public
Works, and The Philippines Dept. of
Public Works and Highways
Beyond State DOTs
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FHWA Federal Lands
New York Thruway Authority (Evaluating)
Penn Turnpike
Philippines Department of Public Works and Highways
Washington D.C. Dept. of Public Works
• FieldManager Licenses
– Over 150 Local Governments
– Over 400 Consultant/Contractor
Service Unit Activity
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Over 200 trips to 21 Agencies
Began 5 new implementation projects
Began 3 New Materials implementations
Completed 602 Service Units
– 53% increase over the previous year
• On-site dedicated teams in 5 Agencies
Customer Support Activities
• Improved on-line electronic support
– Support on-line issue reporting through Cloverleaf
– New search features for Call Tickets and TMRs
• Improved Agency Status Reporting
– Added Product Release and Platform details
• Ongoing Help Desk and Call Ticket Resolution
– Process roughly 2,000 calls per year
Darleen
Randall
• Hosted a two-day workshop on cost sheet creation
for CES
Trns•port Marketing Activity
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12 tradeshows attended & presented
8 additional meetings attended & presented
17 agency visits with presentations
Improved materials available
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Trns•port Estimator CBT
Product Webinars available
Complete update of Info Tech web site
Trns•port Newsletters (Fall & Spring)
Trns•port Related Activities
Progress with Internet Bidding using
Expedite and Bid Express
16 In production with 2-way Bidding
12 Planning/Implementing 2-way Bidding
Bid Express
• Roughly 1800 contractors signed up
• $32 billion worth of bids submitted in 2003
• On-line bid bond validation available with S2000
Corporation and Insure Vision Technologies
• Plan Room Services added in November 2003
• Bidtab Analysis capabilities added in August 2004
• Support for Verisign credit card payments will be
available this November
Scheduling / Project Management
System (SPMS)
• AASHTO IT Survey identified planning as one of
the top 5 desired tools to implement
• SPMS in production with INDOT since 2000
• Uses the same technology as Trns•port and has
interfaces to Trns•port CES and MS Project
• Provides enterprise level planning, scheduling,
coordinating, tracking of projects and their costs
• SPMS Demo is available upon request
Collusion Detection Training Workshops
• Held in February at Info Tech office in Gainesville, Florida
• Provides hands-on, in-depth training using BAMS/DSS with
case studies using real Agency data
• Next workshop scheduled for February 23-25, 2005
• Enrollment is limited to 15 participants
• Sign-up available on Cloverleaf Events
Conclusion
Summary
• Less is more
– Greater emphasis on quality rather than quantity of
deliverables
• Planning for the future
– Internet technology is mainstream
– Providing easy, direct access to information increases
efficiency and improves decision making
• Supporting the users
– Rapid growth in on-site services
– More and better collaboration with the TTF and TRTs
– We’re fully committed to providing excellent service to all
our customers
Some ways to stay connected
• Web Sites
– Cloverleaf:
– TUG:
– AASHTOWare:
www.cloverleaf.net
www.tug.cloverleaf.net
www.aashtoware.net
• Tug List Server
• Materials
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Trns•port Newsletter
Long Range Work Plan
Maintenance, Support, and Enhancement Work Plan
AASHTOWare Catalog
AASHTO Trns•port®
Contractor’s Report
Thomas P. Rothrock
Senior Vice President
October 14, 2004
www.cloverleaf.net