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Implement Effective Risk Mitigation Strategies and Use Defined Success Factors to Better Manage ITS Application Development and Deployment
The USDOT evaluated Eight National ITS Application Test Sites to determine whether these projects met goals and to extract lessons learned in development and deployment.
March 31, 2011
Nationwide,United States
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Lesson Learned
The SafeTrip-21 Initiative captured many lessons learned during the evaluation of eight ITS applications some of the lessons included mitigating risks, identification of success factors, and the identification of targeted future research needs. Below are some of the lessons learned during the evaluation of the SafeTrip-21 Initiative that focuses on improving productivity in the deployment of ITS applications:
Identify risks related to large-scale collaboration and mitigating factors to promote effective partnerships. The SafeTrip-21 Initiative involved stakeholders across multiple organizations in existing and new partnerships crossing public, private, and academic boundaries. The evaluation of the SafeTrip-21 technologies provided insight as to how these delicate relationships are best negotiated and how long-established relationships facilitated deployment of technologies. The SafeTrip-21 Initiative highlighted how successful partnerships can leverage the respective capabilities of public, private, and academic partners in pursuit of a shared vision.
Identify risks related to large-scale collaboration and mitigating factors to promote effective partnerships. The SafeTrip-21 Initiative involved stakeholders across multiple organizations in existing and new partnerships crossing public, private, and academic boundaries. The evaluation of the SafeTrip-21 technologies provided insight as to how these delicate relationships are best negotiated and how long-established relationships facilitated deployment of technologies. The SafeTrip-21 Initiative highlighted how successful partnerships can leverage the respective capabilities of public, private, and academic partners in pursuit of a shared vision.
- Established and respectful working relationships facilitate a shared team vision and a sense of ownership, which serve as a solid foundation for a successful deployment.
- Documenting the vision through a concept of operations is one way to keep stakeholders on the same page.
- It is not sufficient to find consensus at the concept formation stage; sustaining regular communications among partners is needed.
- Conflicts in collaborative relationships can carry directly into the technology so it is important to engage in conflict resolution among partners.
- Formal agreements are necessary to establish working relationships and communication protocols.
- Interactions between commercial and non-commercial entities require unique understanding and planning to help the project run smoothly.
- Transportation professionals and system engineers need to develop a shared understanding and language in order to communicate effectively.
- Existing open-source data is becoming an important component of efficient system development.
- Keeping solutions simple enables progress and optimizes chances for success.
- Redundancy in system design and monitoring minimizes failure risks.
- It is challenging to develop ITS applications as an aftermarket addition to consumer products due to design variations in the absence of an industry standard.
- Performance monitoring during deployment facilitates technical improvements.
- Frequency of use is not always an indicator of value.
- When considering how to proceed following a test deployment, it is important to clarify the roles of the private and public sector.
- Arterial model development is a complicated issue that would benefit from continuing research and the development of new techniques.
- Transportation agencies will have to address the need for new procurement methods to acquire data and information services.
- To maximize the potential of using transit data, there is a need for a national standard.
- Continuing research is needed to identify contributing factors and the cost-benefit balance required to induce mode-shift.
- Further innovation is needed to provide timely and useful travel information at the fingertips of travelers while keeping drivers from being distracted.
- The potential impact of social networking related to travel and transportation is not well-understood.
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