Program Delivery Improvement Tool PDIT

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Program Delivery Improvement Tool(PDIT)
Mike Graf Team Leader, Program Improvement
Team Federal Highway Administration

• AASHTO/FHWA Quality Conference
• May 24, 2007

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The FHWA Program Delivery Initiative

• Increase understanding of Program Delivery in
  relation to the agency mission and goals.
• Identify specific strategies and targets to
  strengthen the Program Delivery (Assessment
  Tool).
• Identify changes to the annual FHWA Performance
  Plan with a goal to prominently address Program
  Delivery.

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PDAT Development

• FHWA Program Delivery Leadership Group
• Program Delivery Work Group (Team Leaders of
  Program Subgroups)
• 10 Program Area Subgroups (FHWA and AASHTO
  representatives)
• 1) Finance, 2) Planning, 3) Environment, 4)
  Right-of-Way, 5) Design, 6) Construction 7)
  Operations,
• 8) System Preservation, 9) Safety, 10)
  Civil Rights

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Principles in PDAT Development

• The process should be about collaboration,
  improvement and being a better partner.
• The effort should involve AASHTO as key partner.
• The emphasis should be on program delivery as a
  process and not focus on a single organizational
  entity.
• PDAT should compliment Risk Management

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PDAT GOALS

• Discussion tool for FHWA and State collaboration
• Identifies gaps and areas for improvement
• Identifies federal and state value-added
  practices to share with others
• Supports FHWA in managing stewardship
  responsibility
• Helps with federal and state performance planning

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AASHTO CONCERNS

• Numerical Scoring That Could Be Misused by
  Outside Entities
• Opportunity for Adequate input by AASHTO and
  State Leadership
• Aggressive Schedule

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From PDAT to PDIT

• The main objectives for the tool remain
• Raise attention to the importance of program
  delivery
• Identify gaps and areas for improvement at the
  State, Regional or National level
• Identify value added and innovative practice
• Revised Concept Has Been Developed
• Program Core Elements have been defined

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NEXT STEPS

• Develop a Draft Prototype using the Core Elements
• Obtain concurrence from FHWA and AASHTO
  Leadership
• Try It

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PDAT Risk Assessment

• Complimentary Tools
• Applied Around a Common Core Element Structure
• Current State vs. Possible Future State
• PDAT Information for Risk Assessment
• PDAT Identifies Risk Response Strategy