Pontis Task Force Update

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Pontis Task Force Update

• Paul Jensen
• Montana DOT
• pjensen_at_mt.gov

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Discussion Areas

• Accomplishments 04-05 Contract
• How the Dollars Where Spent
• Direction of the 05-06 Contract
• Enhancement Requests
• Support Requests
• Pontis 4.4.x
• Pontis 5.x
• Strategic Plan

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Pontis Family
Pontis Licensees 2004-2005 US
International Hungary Estonia Kuwait
Hokkaido, Japan Portugal Italy
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Accomplishments 04-05 Contract

• Released Pontis 4.4.0
• Released Patch 4.4.1
• Completed Pontis 5.0 Requirements

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How the Dollars Where Spent
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05-06 Contract
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05-06 Contract (Split)

• Pontis 4.4.x
• No New Enhancements
• Bug Fixes and Functional Updates
• Pontis 5.x
• Multi-phase Development
• Complete Package 2010

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05-06 Contract (Changes)

• Maintenance Fixed Price
• Enhancement Request Procedure
• Cap on Non-Bug Support Requests

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Enhancement Requests

• Enter into Pontis Support (existing)
• Request an Enhancement Work Request from the
  Task Force
• Action on the Request
• Voting at the Users Group Meeting
• Task Force will Review and Respond

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Support Requests
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Support Request Issues

• Nine Licensees Use More than Half the Budget (39
  Domestic Licenses)
• Most Incidents Were
• How-To
• Questions
• Non-Product related Error

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Support Issue Policy

• Cap on
• How-To
• Questions
• Non-Product Errors
• Policy
• TF Notified When Single Incidents gt 8hrs
• TF Notified When Total Hours gt 100
• Probability Recommendation of Purchase of Service
  Unit

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Pontis 4.4.X

• End of the Product Life-cycle
• Freeze the Development
• Contract Limited
• Support
• Bug Fixes
• Functional Issues

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Pontis 5.X

• Phase Development?
• All at Once Over Several Years?
• Something in Between?
• Need Input from User Community

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Pontis 5.X Development

• Microsoft .Net (Managed Code)
• Reuse C (modeling and checking)
• ASP (Web Display Layer)
• C (Procedural Code)
• Visual Basic (?)
• ODBC (Database Connection)

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Factors In Development

• Allow Existing Level of Development
• Allow Licensees Plug-in Development
• Provide Development Tool for Reports and Forms
• Open Database Structure
• Greater Flexibility for Third-party Development
• Add More Functionality
• Data Checking
• Modeling
• Data Integration with Other Systems

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Strategic Plan
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VisionStrategic Plan

• Preserving and Expand the License Base
• Enhance Decision Support
• Support Asset Management
• Support Other Related Business Process
• Strengthen Product Integration
• Facilitating Third-party Development

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VisionStrategic Plan

• Preserving and Expand the License Base
• Enhance Decision Support
• Support Asset Management
• Support Other Related Business Process
• Strengthen Product Integration
• Facilitating Third-party Development

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Vision Focus

• Involvement in Relevant AASHTO NCHRP efforts
• Provide Custom Support Data and Reports for Asset
  Management and GASB 34 (Modified Approach)
• Support for Additional Structure Types
• Outreach Activities to Licensees to Demonstrate
  How to Support Asset Management

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Task Force Members

• Ken Hurst
• Kansas DOT
• kenh_at_ksdot.org
• Dan Scherschligt
• Kansas DOT
• daniels_at_ksdot.org
• Todd Thompson
• South Dakota DOT
• todd.thompson_at_state.sd.us
• Paul Jensen
• Montana DOT
• pjensen_at_mt.gov
• Mike Johnson
• California DOT (CALTRAS)
• michael_johnson_at_dot.ca.gov

• FHWA Liaison
• Raj Ailaney
• Federal Highway Administration
• raj.ailaney_at_fhwa.dot.gov
• AASHTO Liaison
• Jose Aldayuz
• AASHTO Project Manager
• jaldayuz_at_aashto.org

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