Final Report for NCHRP Report 574: Guidance for Cost Estimation and Management for Highway Projects During Planning, Programming, and Preconstruction (2006) / Chapter Skim
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116 CHAPTER 7 IMPLEMENTATION The main goal of Task 9, Develop Implementation Plan, was to develop a practical implementation plan to help accelerate the use of the Guidebook in industry. The implementation plan proposed has two main focuses.
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117 highway industry. This plan is structured around three steps namely show or inform, evaluate, and apply.
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118 A four step process is proposed as follows: • Step 1. Implementation of Strategies – Organizational Change • Step 2.
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119 • Performance Improvement Opportunity/Action • Implementation Steps • Responsible Party and Performance Measurement Using a structure based on the four elements provides a framework for implementing the strategies, methods, and tools described in this Guidebook. But agencies can develop alternate approaches or frameworks as dictated by their needs and resources.
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120 A performance measure that might be appropriate for assessing the success of this category is that every pertinent DOT official is informed of the work and understands the potential benefits if the Guidebook is applied in their organization. Evaluate Product The second step is to EVALUATE the product.
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121 A performance measure that would be appropriate for this step is to have identified three SHAs that have successfully applied the Guidebook and that are actually accruing long-term benefits from its application. Other Implementation Suggestions The following other suggestions regarding implementation can complement the three step process: An executive session might work under Step 2, Evaluation, if the SHA cost estimation managers considers it to be beneficial.
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