2. TRNSPORT 1999 Life Be On BAMS By Mike Jenkins Chair, Trnsport User Group

3. Northerners Visiting to the Southern States  If you run your car into a ditch, do not panic. Four men in a four-wheel drive pickup truck with a 12 pack of beer and a tow chain will be along shortly. Do not try to help them; just stay out of their way. This is what they live for.  Do not be surprised to find movie rentals and bait in the same store. Do not buy food at this store.  Be advised that “He needed killin’” is a valid defense here.

4. Northerners Visiting to the Southern States  Remember: “Ya’ll” is singular, “All ya’ll” is plural, and “All y’all’s” is plural possessive.  Get used to hearing “You ain’t from around here, are ya?”  You may hear a Southerner say “Ought!” to a dog or child. This is short for “Y’all oughta not do that!” and is the equivalent of saying “No!”

5. Northerners Visiting to the Southern States  Do not be worried at not understanding what people are saying, they cannot understand you either.  The first Southern expression to creep into a transplanted Northerner’s vocabulary is the adjective “big ‘ol,” as in “big ‘ol truck” or “big ‘ol boy”. Most Northerners begin using their new Southern-influenced dialect this way. All of them are in denial about it.  The proper pronunciation you learned in school is no longer proper.

6. Northerners Visiting to the Southern States  If you hear a Southerner exclaim, “Hey, y’all, watch this,” stay out of the way. These are likely to be the last words he will ever say.  If there is the prediction of the slightest chance of even the smallest accumulation of snow, your presence is required at the local grocery store. It does not matter whether you need anything or not. You just have to go there.

7. Northerners Visiting to the Southern States  When you come up on a person driving 15 mph down the middle of the road, remember that most folks learn to drive on a John Deere and that this is the proper speed and position for that vehicle.  Do not be surprised to find that 10 year olds own their own shotguns and are proficient marksmen. Or that their mammas taught them how to aim.

8. Northerners Visiting to the Southern States  In the South, we have found that the best way to grow a lush, green lawn is to pour gravel on it and call it a driveway.

9. WELCOME TO TRNSPORT User Group Conference 1999 October 5-8, 1999 Atlanta, Georgia Sheraton Atlanta Hotel 92 TEA members 175 TUG members 25 Guest

10. TRNSPORT the Life Be On

11. Life be on TRNSPORT n is one filled with many challenges. As users of the product, it is our obligations to accept the challenges and move the product forward in a direction that future users of the system can better server the public in the transportation industry. It is our fault if this product fails to meet the needs of the Department of Transportation's.

12. Overview n TRNSPORT User Group n 1999 TUG Conference n Challenges of Client Server TRNSPORT n Future direction for TRNSPORT n What can you do

13. TRNSPORT User Group 1.To provide a forum for a unified voice to direct the course of TRNSPORT, hereinafter called the products, or any products which may supersede these products. 2.To provide cooperative technical support of the products. 3.Provide input to the Product Management Task Force on product effectiveness, product deficiencies, and needed product enhancements.

14. TRNSPORT User Group 4.Define product training and support needs. 5.Prioritize maintenance, enhancements, and support needs. 6.Submit recommendations to Product Management Task Force.

15. TAG, your it. n TAG what is it ? –Define by the mission statement –Define by long/short range goals –Review the proposed ballot items falling in the area of the TAG’s expertise –Developproposed ballot items falling in the area of the TAG’s expertise –Develop proposed ballot items falling in the area of the TAG’s expertise

16. 1999 TUG Conference n n Boehning, Dale n n …what type of person goes to these conferences? – –(GEEKS) – –(CONSTRUCTION PEOPLE) – –(DEEP THINKERS) – –(MONEY MEN) – –(BID PROCESSORS) – –(LAB COATS)

17. Definitions n jmcallis@dot.state.oh.us n BY: Jennifer McAllister jmcallis@dot.state.oh.us jmcallis@dot.state.oh.us

18. GEEKS n n Data Processing Tag: – –To provide input to the Trns.port Users Group on technical issues relating to the enhancement and development of all the Trns.port modules.

19. CONSTRUCTION PEOPLE n Construction Management Tag: –To provide input to the Trns.port Users group on issues associated with the CAS and the SiteManager modules.

20. DEEP THINKERS n Contract Monitoring Tag: –Provide input to the Trns.port Users Group on issues associated with the DSS module.

21. MONEY MEN n n Cost Estimation Tag: – –Provide input to the Trns.port Users Group in issues associated with the Estimator and CES modules.

22. BID PROCESSORS n n Proposal through Award Tag: – –Provide input to the Trns.port Users Group on issues associated with the PES, LAS and the Expedite modules.

23. LAB COATS n n Materials Tag: – –Provide input to the Trns.port Users group on issues associated with the materials portion of SiteManager. – –(MaterialsManager)

24. Challenges of Client Server TRNSPORT n n Twenty-eight percent of all IT projects are canceled or never implemented n n another 46% languish behind schedule or go over budget n n Government - has the lowest rate of project successes: just 18%

25. n n Six major reasons are: – –Poor Planning or poor project management – –Change in business goals during project – –Lack of support from business management – –Lack of resources – –Lack of support from IT management – –Change in technology during project Why do IT projects fall behind or fail?

26. Future direction for TRNSPORT n Enhanced Materials Management Functionality –Provide ability to setup, monitor and report on testing requirements and status at a “system” level as opposed to project. –Automated data exchange between contractors and producers. –Do automated checking at materials certification time.

27. Future direction for TRNSPORT n Support For Hand-Held Data Collection Devices –This proposed enhancement involves the replication of portions of the SiteManager standalone functions in a hand-held PC (HPC) or Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) architecture.

28. Future direction for TRNSPORT n Enhanced BAMS/DSS Capabilities –Enhance the data model of BAMS/DSS to store information provided from Trnsport SiteManager –Organize the BAMS/DSS data analysis functionality into application areas such as Estimation Analysis, Bid Review Analysis, Collusion Detection Analysis, Executive Summary Reporting, etc.

29. Future direction for TRNSPORT n Trnsport Data Mart –The new Trnsport Data Mart will make all the information currently stored in other Trnsport modules available for review and analysis in an open environment.

30. Future direction for TRNSPORT n Enhanced Contractor Communications –add functionality to client/server Trnsport LAS to allow two-way transparent, secure exchange of the full bid package of information relating to bids between the DOT and its bidders.

31. Future direction for TRNSPORT n Web Browser Access to Trnsport –The purpose of this is intended to use web technology to bring Trnsport functionality to internal agency staff and the general public, respectively.

32. Future direction for TRNSPORT n Enhanced Interfaces and Integration with Other Systems –Provide increased capabilities for Trnsport to integrate seamlessly with other products where feasible, or in other cases to allow information to be exchanged with external products via well-defined formal interfaces.

33. What can you do