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Enhancing Asset Management Tools for Effective Implementation and Performance Measurement

This document discusses the challenges and opportunities in asset management tool implementation, focusing on various aspects such as assessing and adapting tools to business processes, and understanding user needs. Key topics include the complexity of tools, the importance of training and design for new users, cross-asset optimization, and the need for collaboration across business units. The document suggests potential activities for the committee, including promoting asset management guides, partnering with FHWA, and offering training programs to enhance tool effectiveness and support performance targets.

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Enhancing Asset Management Tools for Effective Implementation and Performance Measurement

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  1. Asset Management CommitteeTools Breakout • Asset Management Committee Mid-Year Meeting August 31 - September 1, 2010

  2. Issues/Opportunities – General Issues • AM Guide • Leveraging the Guide, applying assessment and gap analysis tools • Aligning tools to business processes • Issues in selection and adaptation/customization of tools • Important for users to understand their processes and what the tools model • Complexity of tools • Including the design of tools, training, functionality to help new users adapt or to help agencies overcome fear of implementation • Many are waiting for the “Easy Button” • Development models • Is there a need for industry-developed tools, such as AASHTOWARE? Does this encourage or stifle innovation? • Promoting awareness • Need to address with management and across business units

  3. Issues/Opportunities – Tool Capabilties Tools for assets other than pavement and bridges Cross asset optimization Need to consider limits in data and approaches Project interactions/corridor analysis Example - combining safety and pavement Managing the project pipeline Concens sequencing, packaging, workload in order to manage performance targets and risk Tools for sensitivity analysis Funding risk Catastrophic risk Performance-based approach How to plan the migration toward performance targets Measuring cost and effectiveness of tools and management systems 3

  4. Potential committee activities • Promote the Asset Management Guides and NCHRP 08-70 • Partner with FHWA • Training class • Can be facilitated by FHWA via NHI • Michael Bridges has outlined an 8-module course • Would be developed over multiple years • May involved pooled funding • States pay for delivery, or use FHWA instructors and/or webinars at no charge • Possible workshops at TRB annual meeting • Cross-asset performance measurement and optimization • Risk management • Intro to the AASHTO Asset Management Guide • Aligning tools with business processes • Possibly invited papers at the TRB Annual Meeting

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