Best Practices in Project Management

Best Practices in Project Management
Author: David M. Rose
Publisher:
Total Pages: 182
Release: 2003
Genre: Highway engineering
ISBN:

The Arizona Department of Transportation's (ADOT's) ability to manage a cost-effective construction program delivery and be accountable to policy-makers and customers regarding the cost and timeliness of highway projects is at risk. The following is ADOT's current situation: There is little consistency in project management; ADOT is not actively managing and controlling budget and scope; The organization does not hold itself and managers accountable for scope, budget, and quality; ADOT's process, tools, and procedures do not enable the most effective use of human and other resources; and There will be continued impacts to ADOT's organizational capacity and health. The following are the desired outcomes from improving ADOT's project management process: (a) ADOT will be able to manage construction program delivery against scope, schedule, budget, and quality objectives on a department-wide basis at the program and project levels; (b) ADOT will hold itself accountable for delivering the program vs. scope, schedule, budget, and quality objectives; (c) The strategic importance of project management will be emphasized by ADOT management; (d) ADOT will increase its project focus to establish a project management culture; (e) The importance and role of project managers and the project management discipline will be elevated; (f) A consistent process at the project level will be established. In this way, more discipline and predictability will be brought to the process. This will strengthen ADOT's ability to manage overall program delivery; and (g) Scopes will be set and budgets managed at the project level. The role and authority of project managers will be strengthened to accomplish these objectives. The decision-making will be proactive, recognizing that in project delivery scope, schedule, and budget decisions impact each other.

Determining Highway Maintenance Costs

Determining Highway Maintenance Costs
Author: Michael J Markow
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 101
Release: 2011
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0309213150

The report is designed to help the commercial transportation safety community and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration in addressing issues involving the proliferation and availability of psychoactive chemical substances.

Gravel Roads

Gravel Roads
Author: Ken Skorseth
Publisher:
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2000
Genre: Gravel roads
ISBN:

The purpose of this manual is to provide clear and helpful information for maintaining gravel roads. Very little technical help is available to small agencies that are responsible for managing these roads. Gravel road maintenance has traditionally been "more of an art than a science" and very few formal standards exist. This manual contains guidelines to help answer the questions that arise concerning gravel road maintenance such as: What is enough surface crown? What is too much? What causes corrugation? The information is as nontechnical as possible without sacrificing clear guidelines and instructions on how to do the job right.

Pre-Contract Project Scoping Processes

Pre-Contract Project Scoping Processes
Author: Hamed Zamenian
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2016-12-31
Genre:
ISBN: 9781622604173

Scoping is the process of developing a project's objectives, need, preliminary cost estimate, and preliminary schedule based on a recognized need that the project is intended to address. This study (INDOT/JTRP SPR 3944) was launched by the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT)/Joint Transportation Program (JTRP) to develop a synthesis of scoping processes in different State Highway Agencies (SHA). The study was conducted using a qualitative exploratory approach focusing on the review of project scoping practices across different SHAs. Focused interviews with personnel from State Highway Agencies (SHA) along with the review of documents gathered during the literature search and resources provided by SHAs were the avenues used for data collection in the study.The study focused on eleven themes for the assessment of project scoping procedures: (1) primary entity with responsibility for scoping projects, (2) timeline for scoping activities, (3) functional groups within the State Highway Agency involved in scoping, (4) cost estimation procedures, (5) application of Context Sensitive Solutions (CSS), (6) addressing maintenance needs, (7) methods of assessing scope creep, (8) tracking the quality and effectiveness of scoping processes, (9) environmental consideration in scoping processes, (10) data collection and data sharing, and (11) scoping practices which have evolved/benefited the State Highway Agency. The report presents key findings of the study and provides suggestions for further investigation by INDOT.