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Next Generation Trns•port Current Development Update

Next Generation Trns•port Current Development Update. Presented by Ian Baldwin, Info Tech, Inc. October 2006. Topics. NGT Preconstruction Progress NGT Infrastructure Progress Michigan Materials Prework Development Approach Customer Involvement Preparing for Additional Phases.

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Next Generation Trns•port Current Development Update

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  1. Next Generation Trns•portCurrent Development Update Presented by Ian Baldwin, Info Tech, Inc. October 2006

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

  3. NGT Preconstruction Progress

  4. 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)

  5. Preconstruction Functions – Current

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. Preconstruction Business Aspects • What Is In NGT • Interface to Expedite • Proposal Level Reports • Basic Agency Options • What Is Left • All other Trns•port interfaces out of C/S • Bid Lettings Summary Reports • Funding Reports • Detail Estimate Reports • Remaining Agency Options

  10. NGT Infrastructure Progress

  11. 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 • Don’t have detailed future requirements so… • Don’t paint ourselves into a corner when we get there

  12. Infrastructure – Current

  13. 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)

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

  15. 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

  16. Packaging/Delivery • What Is In NGT • Install as part of build environment • Incremental migration and documentation • What Is Left • Remaining functions migration and documentation

  17. Michigan Materials Pre-work

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. Development Approach

  21. Development Approach Revisited • PES/LAS C/S as Baseline • Look for opportunities of improvement • Where practical, don’t carry over functionality that isn’t used, or could be obsolete • All data in C/S will have a home in NGT

  22. 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

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

  24. 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

  25. Customer Involvement

  26. Collaborative Involvement • Trns•port 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

  27. 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

  28. 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

  29. 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

  30. 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

  31. Preparing for Additional Phases

  32. 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

  33. Questions/Comments?

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