Transcript 2005 Ballot Process Each AASHTO fiscal year, the Trns•port Task Force (TTF) reviews and makes decisions related to enhancements and new development requests for.

2005 Ballot Process
Each AASHTO fiscal year, the Trns•port Task
Force (TTF) reviews and makes decisions
related to enhancements and new
development requests for Trns•port.
2005 Ballot Process
User input on the value and benefits of
requested enhancements contributes to the
TTF decision process.
2005 Ballot Process
This user input is facilitated through a ballot
process conducted each fiscal year as
defined and administered by the Trns•port
User’s Group (TUG).
2005 Ballot Process
The purpose of the ballot process is to
ensure that end users have a voice in the
on-going and strategic direction of the
Trns•port product.
2005 Ballot Process
Through an Automated Ballot System (ABS)
on Cloverleaf, each member agency is given
the opportunity to vote for improvements the
agency regards as most important.
2005 Ballot Process
The results of the voting are forwarded to the
TUG Chairperson for review, then to the TTF
to be considered for inclusion in the AASTHO
Trns•port Long Range Work Plan (LRWP).
2005 Ballot Process
As the enhancements are submitted
throughout the year, the TMR tracking
system that supports the ABS is regularly
updated to reflect the most current status of
each request.
2005 Ballot Process
During the fiscal year users, Technical
Advisory Groups (TAGs) and Info Tech
product experts review and comment on
requested enhancements prior to the official
ballot process.
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The current year’s ballot is a combination of
newly reported enhancement items and the
open ballot items from the previous year.
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This information is available throughout the
year in theTrns•port Pre-Ballot on Cloverleaf.
The pre-ballot is a replica of the ‘live’ ballot,
without the functionality to cast a vote.
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The “live” ballot is activated once a year,
immediately following the TUG conference.
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Each agency assigns one person to
represent the agency during the TUG
conference and the voting process.
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Why VOTE??????
2005 Ballot Process
REMEMBER - The purpose of the ballot
process is to ensure that end users have a
voice in the on-going and strategic direction
of the Trns•port product.
2005 Ballot Process
With the rewrite of the current Trns•port
product to Next Generation Trns•port (NGT),
some of the pending enhancements could be
included into the rewrite.
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It is up to the Trns•port Users Group to let the
TTF know which enhancements are
important to us.
We do this by voting!!!!!!
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With the help of the TAGs and Info Tech,
we have made changes to the ballot process
based on alignment with NGT, Trns•port
business areas and TTF directives.
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Summary of Changes
The 2005 Ballot Categories have been
realigned based on business functionality. In
the past they were based on Trns•port
modules.
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Summary of Changes
Alignment Matrix
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Summary of Changes
Note -
Civil Rights Category and TAG
anticipated for 2006
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Summary of Changes
You will still get 100 points per each ballot
category to vote with. This year, those points
may span across modules.
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Summary of Changes
The “Scope” column has been replaced by a
“Complexity” column. Prior to the TUG, Info
Tech assigned Complexity values based on
anticipated business intricacy and NGT
development aspects
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Summary of Changes
We will no longer be using the <30% rule. In
the past, items not receiving 30% of the vote
over a two year period were dropped from
the ballot.
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Summary of Changes
All items submitted will remain on the ballot
and be considered for the NGT product
backlog unless removed by the reporting
Agency or deemed obsolete.
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Summary of Changes
Long Range Work Plan Reference removed
Multiple Organizations
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Summary of Changes
TAGs and Info Tech reviewed Active Pending
Enhancements for 2005 Ballot .
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Removed Obsolete
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Already Delivered
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Aligned Ballot Items with new categories
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Summary of Changes
Example of Obsolete
TMR # 7880 LAS - Could not correct bid
within the application through the tabbed
folder
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2004 System Edits
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Summary of Changes - 2004 System Edits
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Nothing is etched in stone………
2005 Ballot Process