Next Generation Trnsport Current Development Update

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Next Generation TrnsportCurrent Development
Update

• Presented by
• Ian Baldwin, Info Tech, Inc.
• October 2006

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Topics

• NGT Preconstruction Progress
• NGT Infrastructure Progress
• Michigan Materials Prework
• Development Approach
• Customer Involvement
• Preparing for Additional Phases

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NGT Preconstruction Progress
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Overview

• Focus on Preconstruction Business
• Capture big picture view of changes
• Not everything in NGT is represented here
• View through sprint 15 (end of September)

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Preconstruction Functions Current
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Preconstruction Project

• What Is In NGT
• All of Project functions except handful of fields
• Most of alternate and funding functionality
• What Is Left
• Sections (Key Area Not Started)
• Category Improvements

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Preconstruction Proposal

• What Is In NGT
• All of Proposal functions except handful of
  fields
• Cost Time throughout tracking and business
  logic
• What Is Left
• Cost Time Portions of some reports
• Addenda (Key area not started)
• Actively working on user stories to define
  requirements
• Process will likely change from C/S, hopefully
  for the better with user feedback

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Preconstruction Letting

• What Is In NGT
• Most of bid letting
• Most of bid management
• What Is Left
• Award/Reject statuses
• Planholder billing
• Address Labels
• Final bid validations and calculations

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Preconstruction Business Aspects

• What Is In NGT
• Interface to Expedite
• Proposal Level Reports
• Basic Agency Options
• What Is Left
• All other Trnsport interfaces out of C/S
• Bid Lettings Summary Reports
• Funding Reports
• Detail Estimate Reports
• Remaining Agency Options

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NGT Infrastructure Progress
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Overview

• Focus on Infrastructure all of NGT will be
  impacted
• Capture big picture view of changes
• Not everything in NGT is represented here
• Try to balance needs of now and still look
  forward
• Dont have detailed future requirements so
• Dont paint ourselves into a corner when we get
  there

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Infrastructure Current
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Customization

• What Is In NGT
• Field Validation
• Report Tool Active Reports
• Filtering and Sorting
• Page Customization
• What Is Left
• Custom Processes/Plug-ins Framework (Key area not
  started)
• Attachments (Key area not started)

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Reference Data

• What Is In NGT
• Most Vendor Tables
• Reference Items
• Special Provisions
• Reference Funds
• What Is Left
• Vendor Affiliates
• Individual Code Tables

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Security

• What Is In NGT
• Login
• Access Rights to nearly all existing pages
• User and Role Maintenance
• What Is Left
• Control Groups (Key area not started)
• Simplifying Role Maintenance
• Complete Active Directory Support
• Auditing/Logging (Key area not started)
• Determining requirements for auditing maybe
  handled outside of NGT

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Packaging/Delivery

• What Is In NGT
• Install as part of build environment
• Incremental migration and documentation
• What Is Left
• Remaining functions migration and documentation

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Michigan Materials Pre-work
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Materials Prework Overview

• Incorporated as part of NGT
• Funded by Michigan DOT
• Involved in User Story Creation, end of sprint
  review
• Already addressing scope from the larger
  Materials proposal
• Will be in a much better position to start the
  Materials phase when it happens
• Another method to get involved
• Jump start a particular area of interest
• Get involved on the ground floor

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Progress on Materials Prework

• Reference Materials
• Sources and Facilities
• Pre-tested Stock and transactions
• Certified Materials and Basis of Acceptance
• Shipments
• Validations
• Verifications of Quantity

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Development Approach
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Development Approach Revisited

• PES/LAS C/S as Baseline
• Look for opportunities of improvement
• Where practical, dont carry over functionality
  that isnt used, or could be obsolete
• All data in C/S will have a home in NGT

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Practical Examples of Redesigns

• Letting/Proposal Relationship
• Easier to move proposal
• Fund Packages
• More flexible
• Can emulate what was done in C/S
• Should simplify payment algorithms
• In Progress Person within NGT
• Staff Code Table
• User Table
• Vendor Officer

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Testing Framework

• Drives the whole process
• Safety net to try new things
• Acceptance Test
• User Interface Tests
• Installation Tests

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Why Do My End Users Care?

• High quality
• Easier to deliver updates
• Customization opportunities that could simplify
  their tasks
• An opportunity to more closely align NGT with
  agency business practices

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Customer Involvement
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Collaborative Involvement

• Trnsport Task Force
• Owners of product backlog content and priority
• Sign-off at end of Sprint
• Technical Review Team
• Forming for Preconstruction
• Proposal thru Award TAG
• Review detailed progress
• Feed requirements for potential new backlog items
• Sounding board for approaches in redesigning
  certain areas

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NGT Forum

• Agencies Involved
• 23 Total Agencies have posted
• Kudos to Nebraska
• Averaging About 1 New Topic per Week
• Added Helpful Tips FAQ Forum
• Added Civil Rights
• E-mail notification functions
• Notification for new topics in a given area
• Notification for replies to a specific topic

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NGT Preview Site

• Encourage Agency Use
• Performance Improvements
• Based on less data
• Programmatic Improvements
• Data Available
• User List Maintained between sprints
• Researching keeping data between sprints
• Merge Entered Data with Migrated Data

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NGT Pre-Release

• Development approach provides monthly production
  release
• Validate elements not on preview site
• Installation
• Migration
• Configuration
• Customization
• Contact Jim Johnson of the TTF if your agency is
  interested in a pre-release

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Get Involved

• NGT Forum
• Get your opinion heard
• NGT Preview Site
• Stress it, break it
• See if it works for you
• Volunteer
• TAGs
• TRTs
• Early Release Agency

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Preparing for Additional Phases
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Additional Phases for NGT

• CRLMS projected to start in Q1
• Business Manager for each phase
• Ramping up additional NGT resources
• Development team preparing to support multiple
  NGT phases with updates to tools and processes
• Ensure strategic unification goals

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Questions/Comments?