Guidance for Transportation Project Management

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Guidance for Transportation Project Management

Author: Jacobs Engineering Group, Incorporated | Size: 3.32 MB | Format: PDF | Quality: Original preprint | Publisher: Transportation Research Board | Year: 2009 | pages: 217 | ISBN: -

Transportation project management, for all modes of transportation, is under extreme budgetary, political, and community pressure to contain costs and improve efficiency in the delivery of projects “on time and on budget.” In order to meet these twin goals, transportation agencies must employ dynamic project management tools. The successful planning, design and implementation of transportation projects needs to meet various performance metrics depending on each stakeholder’s perspective. Thus, the general terms of “on time” and “on budget” can mean different things to the users and to their clients—whether public or private. (For example, a change order might be viewed by the designer as within the timeframe and an acceptable extension of costs; a client might view the same change order as outside both time and budget). It is essential that project management take these different perspectives into account. The purpose of this guidebook is to provide a toolbox that offers detailed project management subject areas and innovative practices that can be applied to achieve a higher level of project success. This guidebook has been developed to assist project managers who work for Department of Transportation (DOT) agencies or other public transportation agencies, whether they are DOT/agency employees or consultants working for the DOT/agency. Most DOT agencies have a project manual for each of the following phases of a project: planning, design, and construction. The guidebook has been developed to complement the agencies’ project manuals, not replace them. After researching numerous DOT websites and project manuals, the common milestones for the planning, design, and construction phases for transportation projects were compiled and made into a generic outline for each of the phases. The outline concentrates on those steps that are essential to a public agency project within the three phases of planning, design, and construction. The guidebook offers tools to better improve the agency’s process or to offer some suggestions to those that may be looking for a more innovative way to manage a project.

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