1. Regional Architecture Development for Intelligent Transportation
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June 2017
RAD-IT Tool Training
Regional Architecture Development for Intelligent Transportation
START
Module 2
This training is designed for transportation professionals who want to understand how to use RAD-IT tool to create the regional and project architectures. The training discusses how to use RAD-IT tool and provides a basic overview of this tool that has been developed to support ARC-IT use.

2. This Module will take approximately 30 minutes to complete.
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Module Outcome
Explain how to open RAD-IT
Explain how to access the Start Tab in RAD-IT
Explain the key features of the Start Tab
Be able to modify information on the Start Tab
Explain the use of the change Log
Describe the use of status values
In this Module, we will open RAD-IT tool and begin to use it. At the end of this Module, you will be able to:
Describe how to open RAD-IT,
Explain use of Start tab in RAD-IT, and how to modify information on this tab,
Explain the use of the change log and,
Describe the use of status values.
This module will take approximately 30 minutes to complete.
Let’s look at these topics first then at the end of the Module in a hands-on exercise so you will perform these activities in RAD-IT.
This Module will take approximately 30 minutes to complete.

3. Start Tab RAD-IT Tool Training June 2017
The Start is entered on the first tab of RAD-IT.
Image Description: A screen capture of the RAD-IT start tab.

4. Start Tab (cont.) Three Types of Architectures
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Start Tab (cont.)
Three Types of Architectures
Current Selected Architecture
When a database is opened in RAD-IT, it opens on the Start tab for the regional architecture so let’s look at it in detail now. The left side of the tab lists the architectures: the regional and project architectures included in the database and related architectures. Related architectures are other regional or project architectures that are in other databases that typically, adjoin or overlap the architectures contained in the database. Listing the related architectures on the Start tab allows you to designate elements as shared between architectures (in different databases).
(Click to display boxes.) To add a new architecture, you select the New button of the desired type. For example, to add a new project architecture, you select the middle New button. To remove an existing architecture, you select it then select the appropriate Delete button.
Remember as the second step of opening an architecture in RAD-IT, you must select the architecture. You select the desired architecture on the list on the left and it will be highlighted. In the example shown, the Marinara County regional architecture is selected. (Click to display box & text.) To ensure that you are working in the desired architecture, the currently selected architecture is always listed at the top of the tabs in RAD-IT.
Image Description: A screen capture of RAD-IT with a large arrow pointing to the Start tab is shown. Then a large arrow is shown pointing to the list of architectures with a box around the lists of the three types of architectures. Then three boxes are displayed around the New and Delete buttons for the three types of architectures. Finally, a large arrow is displayed pointing to the name of the currently selected architecture which has a box around it.

5. Maintenance Related Items
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Start Tab (cont.)
Attributes of Selected Architecture
Name
Description
Timeframe:
Geographic
Scope
Service
For the selected architecture, the basic attributes are given on the right side of the Start tab. Architecture attributes include:
Name,
Description,
Scope defined by the timeframe, geographic area and ITS service coverage, as well as,
Architecture maintenance related information (which we will look at next).
As throughout RAD-IT when a change is made to any of the attributes, the Apply and Cancel buttons become active, (Click to display buttons.), and you must accept or cancel the change by selecting the Apply or Cancel button respectively.
Image Description: A screen capture of the RAD-IT Start tab is shown with a large arrow pointing to a box around the attributes of the selected architecture. Arrows point to each attribute: Name, Description, Timeframe, Geographic Scope and Service Scope. An arrow points to a box around the maintenance related items. Then the Apply and Cancel buttons at the bottom of the screen are shown activated with arrows pointing to them.
Maintenance Related Items
Apply
Cancel

6. Text Entry Support in RAD-IT
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June 2017
Text Entry Support in RAD-IT
Right-click for context menu to allow undo the text entry, cut, past, and spell check
The right click opens the context menu to allow undo the text entry, cut, past, and spell check.
Image Description: A screen capture of the RAD-IT Start tab is shown.

7. Architecture Maintenance w/RAD-IT
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June 2017
Architecture Maintenance w/RAD-IT
RAD-IT provides a way to track maintenance related items of an architecture. All of the maintenance related entries on the Start tab are optional but allow you to enter:
Developer – Name of the organization, person or team that has developed this architecture.
Maintainer – Name of the organization, person or team maintaining this architecture.
Version – The user may enter a value for this field that makes sense for the region. Architecture version numbers or names should be agreed to by all affected parties, and should be consistent across all architectures in the region.
Date/Time – This field displays the current date and time when a new architecture is first created. The revision date/time field may be changed by the user when the architecture attributes are modified.
RAD-IT provides a Change Log that allows you to keep a log of changes made to the architecture.
Image Description: A screen capture of the RAD-IT Start tab is shown with a box around the four lower right entries and the Change Log button.

8. Change Log RAD-IT Tool Training June 2017
To view the Change Log, you select the Change Log button on the Start tab which opens the Change Log window for the selected architecture.
Image Description: In the upper left, a screen capture of a RAD-IT Start tab with a box around the Change Log button is shown. A large arrow points to the Marinara County Change Log window.

9. Change Log (cont.) Architecture Name Date/Time Apply to Start Tab
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Change Log (cont.)
Architecture Name
Date/Time
Apply to Start Tab
Log Updated By
Maintenance Records
Apply to Start Tab
Version
In the Change Log window, records of the changes made to the selected architecture can be made by the user. The window title includes the name of the architecture to which the change log applies.
You can add, modify or delete entries in the Change Log. Each entry or record in the Change Log includes a timestamp, name, version and change description. The Date/Time and Version fields have “Apply to Start Tab” checkboxes to the right of them. Selecting these checkboxes will cause the date/time or version number that shows on the “Start” tab to be updated to the entered values.
On the left, all maintenance records for the current architecture are listed, ordered by date and time. For the selected record on the left, attributes for it are displayed on the right.
The example shown includes three change log entries. The user began creating a new entry by selecting the “New” option. Today’s date and current time has come up automatically, but this may be changed by the user. The user then enters the name of the person updating the log, a new version number and a description of the change. All fields are optional except for the date/time.
As always when an edit has been made, the Apply button must be selected to accept the changes, or the changes cancelled by selecting the Cancel button. Then, the Close button must be selected to close the Change Log window. The Cancel/Close button toggles between the two options depending upon if an entry has been edited.
Image Description: A screen capture of the Marinara County Change Log window is shown with arrows pointing to the window title, the three maintenance records in the list on the left, the Date/Time, Apply to Start Tab, Log Updated By and Description entries and the New, Delete, Apply, Cancel/Close buttons.
Description
Apply
New
Delete
Cancel/Close

10. Start Tab Project Architecture
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June 2017
Start Tab Project Architecture
Same as Regional Architecture with addition of Status value
The attributes of a project architecture are the same as a regional architecture with one addition, the status of the architecture. The status for the architecture is selected from options on a pull-down menu.
Image Description: A screen capture of the RAD-IT Start tab for a project architecture with a box around the Status value is shown.

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June 2017
Knowledge Check
What feature of RAD-IT allows you to record maintenance activities?
Change Log
Time for a knowledge check.
What feature of RAD-IT allows you to record maintenance activities?
(Click to highlight the correct answer.) The change log in a RAD-IT database allows you to store records of the changes made in it.

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Status
Status describes the relative completeness of an architecture component
Does it already exist?
A future capability?
Not planned at all?
Status is a commonly used term but when used in an architecture, it describes the relative completeness of the architecture component. Does the component already exist? Is it a future capability? Or is it not planned at all?

13. Architecture Components with Status Values
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Architecture Components with Status Values
Project Architectures
Inventory Elements
Services / Service Packages
Roles & Responsibilities
Functional Requirements
Architecture Flows
Agreements
In addition to project architectures, RAD-IT records the status of others components of an architecture. As we walk through the tabs of RAD-IT, you will see that inventory elements, ITS services, stakeholder roles & responsibilities in the operational concept, functional requirements, architecture flows and agreements have status values assigned to them.

14. RAD-IT Default Status Values
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RAD-IT Default Status Values
Existing
Planned
Future
Not Applicable
If that’s not enough, customize!
RAD-IT provides these default choices for status values: existing, planned, future or not applicable. If you need a different one, you can rename one of the default values or you can add additional ones, up to a total of eight status values. Let’s look at the process for customizing status values.

15. Customizing Status Values
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June 2017
Customizing Status Values
You can customize status values when you start RAD-IT or anytime afterwards. It may be best to update the status values when you first start an architecture so the customized status values are available as soon as you start entering information.
To customize status values, you select Home-Update Status from the RAD-IT menu. (Click to display arrow & box.) This opens the Status window.
Image Description: An image of the RAD-IT Tools menu, with Update Status highlighted, is shown.

16. Customizing Status Values (cont.)
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Customizing Status Values (cont.)
Up to 7 status values plus “Not Applicable”, which is reserved
Controls for order of statuses
To create a new status, click “New” and then enter the Name (it is a good idea to use unique names) and Description – check whether this should be the Default value, then hit Apply. Then use the control arrows to put the new status in order relative to the others.
You can move the status values around, edit the names or descriptions or change which is the default.
You can have up to seven status values plus the “Not Applicable” status. “Not Applicable” is a reserved value so it cannot be deleted, renamed or reordered.
The descriptions can be shown in the legend of reports if you want. Diagrams have the ability to distinguish the status values of flows by using different line styles.
Customized status values are unique to the RAD-IT database so if you open a new file, only the RAD-IT default status values will be included.
Image Description: A screen capture of the RAD-IT Status window is shown with arrows pointing to the New and Delete buttons and the Re-order buttons and a box around the checkbox for the Make this the default Status value option.
New
Delete

17. FHWA Rule/FTA Policy on ITS: Section 9 – Regional Architecture
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June 2017
FHWA Rule/FTA Policy on ITS: Section 9 – Regional Architecture
Description of the region
Stakeholders
Operational concept
Agreements
System functional requirements
Interface requirements
ITS standards
Sequence of projects
Maintenance plan
Remember there are nine components of a regional ITS architecture required by the FHWA Rule/FTA Policy. One requirement is a sequence of projects required for implementation.

18. Project Sequencing in RAD-IT
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June 2017
Project Sequencing in RAD-IT
Project Architectures can be sequenced by Timeframe or Status
RAD-IT can help with the sequencing of ITS projects. Project architectures can be sequenced by their timeframes or statuses. The status values are the same as used for the other components of the architecture. However, they can be used to do a chronological sort. Timeframes are unique to project architecture and can be any value, but they will be sorted alphabetically.
There is a Project Sequencing report which we will look at next. The use of RAD-IT for projects is covered in detail in Module 13 of this course.
Image Description: A screen capture is shown of the RAD-IT Start tab with a box around the list of project architectures and another around the Timeframe and Status entries.

19. RAD-IT Tool Training
June 2017
Exercise
Information about road weather information gathering and dissemination in Marinara County will be added to the Marinara County Regional Architecture (through the exercises of this course)
Let’s do an exercise where you actual open and work in RAD-IT. Do not start the exercise yet. This slide presents a summary of the exercise then we will look at the objective for it. Then you can perform the exercise following step-by-step instructions.
Throughout the sessions of the course, you will perform exercises with the same architecture to include information about road weather information gathering and dissemination in Marinara County.
Image Description: A symbol identifying this slide as part of a hands-on exercise is shown.

20. Exercise - Objective Open the RAD-IT database for Marinara County
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Exercise - Objective
Open the RAD-IT database for Marinara County
In the Marinara County Regional Architecture, add a new status
Add an entry in the Change Log regarding our changes to the database
When you installed RAD-IT, a sample database named marinara.radit was copied. The database contains the Marinara County regional architecture and several project architectures.
In this exercise we will open the RAD-IT database for Marinara County, add a new status for use in the Marinara County Regional Architecture and add an entry in the Change Log regarding our changes to the database.
Image Description: A symbol identifying this slide as part of a hands-on exercise is shown.

21. Exercise - Steps Open marinara.radit database
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June 2017
Exercise - Steps
Open marinara.radit database
Save database as marinaraforexercises.radit
Select Marinara County regional architecture
Add new status value of “Funded” (between Existing & Planned)
Now, please perform the exercise.
The steps to complete the exercise are:
Open the marinaraV8.0.radit database. The database was installed with RAD-IT Version As we saw earlier the database can be located from the Windows Start menu by selecting All Programs ITS Architecture-Sample Databases.
To prevent us from overwriting the existing file, as soon as the database is opened, save it as marinaraforexercises.radit. You do this by selecting File-Save As on the RAD-IT menu. (To save the file, you must have rights to do so on the computer. If you have problems saving the file, confirm that you have the rights to write to the hard drive.)
Select the Marinara County regional architecture.
Add a new status value named “Funded” (located between the Existing & Planned statuses.). This database already has a user-defined status titled “Future” so we will be adding a fourth status.
Image Description: A symbol identifying this slide as part of a hands-on exercise is shown

22. Exercise – Steps (cont.)
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Exercise – Steps (cont.)
Add new entry to Change Log regarding changes to be made with:
Date/Time = Today’s date & time (& apply to Start Tab)
Log Updated By = You
Version = v2017-a (& apply to Start Tab)
Description = Included regional road weather information gathering and dissemination
Add a new entry to the Change Log regarding the changes to be made to the Marinara County regional architecture. Set:
Date/Time = Today’s date & time (& apply to Start Tab)
Log Updated By = Your name
Version = v2017-a (& apply to Start Tab)
Description = Included regional road weather information gathering and dissemination
Image Description: A symbol identifying this slide as part of a hands-on exercise is shown.

23. Exercise - Knowledge Check
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June 2017
Exercise - Knowledge Check
What is the current version of the Marinara County Regional Architecture (as defined on the Start tab)?
1.0
v2017-a
4.1
none
v2017-a
Let’s end the exercise with a knowledge check.
What is the current version of the Marinara County Regional Architecture (as defined on the Start tab)?
1.0, v2017-a, 4.1 or none
(Click to display the answer.)
The version of the regional architecture was set to 2.4 when the entry was entered on the Change Log.

24. Review Module Outcomes
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June 2017
Review Module Outcomes
Explain how to open RAD-IT
Explain how to access the Start Tab in RAD-IT
Explain the key features of the Start Tab
Be able to modify information on the Start Tab
Explain the use of Change Log
Describe the use of status values
Return to the training curriculum to select the next module. To close this window, select the "X" in the upper right hand corner of your screen.
You have completed Module 2: RAD-IT – Start Tab
You are now able to:
Describe how to open RAD-IT,
Explain use of Start tab in RAD-IT, and how to modify information on this tab,
Explain the use of change log and,
Describe the use of status values.
Return to the training curriculum to select the next module. To close this window, select the "X" in the upper right hand corner of your screen.