Web Trnsport Agency Feedback

Agencies Visited: Florida DOT Indiana DOT North Carolina DOT Ohio DOT Oklahoma DOT Vermont DOT

The agencies were asked to perform the following tasks: Project and related data: –Create Project, Categories, Project Item, Funding, Location data, and Generate Detailed Cost Estimate Reports Proposal and related data: –Create Proposal, Associate Projects to Proposal, Price Proposal Items, Proposal Times, and Generate Proposal Level Reports Letting and bid data: –Create Bid Letting Record, Associate Proposal to Bid Letting, Create Electronic Expedite File, Enter Proposal Vendor Data, and Manual Entry of Bids

The Information feedback collected covered: Content Navigation Screen layouts Workflow Error messaging Report generation and layout On-line help

Comments were separated into: Errors = Call ticket Existing backlog items New functionality, improvements or nice to have’s = call ticket General statements

Call tickets generated: FLDOT: 38 call tickets INDOT: 18 call tickets NCDOT: 22 call tickets OHDOT: 22 call tickets OKDOT: 10 call tickets VTDOT: 23 call tickets All entered in Team track for public view

Top items from multiple states: Yes/No/Cancel Back button to work Add direct links between proposal vendors, bids, and lettings Add a close button to the initial report page Create a 1 page first-time-user tips Reword & Reformat quick search on home page Associate categories to items and alternates to items easily Make Help button bigger Add HOME to home icon or replace with wording

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web Trnsport – Release 1 Status and Beta Testing Status

Preliminary Release (Pre-Production) Evaluation license available to all agencies –No evaluation fee for Release 1 –Provide standard level of evaluation licensee support Early feedback prior to Beta and Production release is important Agencies should contact a TTF member

Agencies Requesting Release 1: The TTF will be sending out a letter to End User Designees (EUD) notifying agencies of Release 1

Beta Testing 3 month beta period (March through May 2008) Beta site mobilization complete at least one sprint in advance Beta begins with February 2008 sprint results –At least 85% of planned business functionality complete March and April sprint results provided to sites –100% planned business functionality in April results –Will also include beta issue resolutions

Beta Testing – Pre-install Checklist Agency has the latest client/server Trnsport releases installed for interface testing Agency Cloverleaf access to download software. Agency Team Track access for beta issue reporting. ITI has access to test and development database and web servers.  Validate required client/server interface environment.  Have agency review instructions for the prior sprint in order to identify possible issues with the release sprint

Beta Testing Time Frame Phase 1 – Agency acquire and install hardware and software required for beta testing –February 2008 timeframe Phase 2 – receive sprint –March 2008 timeframe – beta testing begin Web Install Database install Migration testing Application testing TTF requests beta site volunteers by November 16, 2007

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