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7.2.3 FasTracks Transit Program Oversight using Systems Engineering Principles
Author(s) -
Stokes Timothy
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.2012.tb01378.x
Subject(s) - schedule , engineering , work (physics) , transport engineering , plan (archaeology) , transit (satellite) , liberian dollar , engineering management , systems engineering , risk analysis (engineering) , computer science , public transport , business , mechanical engineering , archaeology , finance , history , operating system
The Regional Transportation District (RTD) FasTracks Program is a multi‐billion dollar transit expansion plan to build 122 miles of new commuter rail and Light Rail Transit (LRT) lines, and 18 miles of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in the Denver region. RTD recognized that programmatic risk, inherent in the cost, schedule, and quality aspects of such a complex program, needed to be mitigated through a comprehensive Oversight Program. A systematic requirements based oversight approach was developed based on the principles of Systems Engineering to manage complexity. This Oversight Program is modeled on a Systems Engineering V‐framework. Utilizing risk management to focus oversight efforts, requirements are verified by RTD's oversight staff throughout a project's life cycle. A web‐enabled database application is utilized to collect oversight data, which helps to ensure that requirements are verified at the system, subsystem, and component levels of the work breakdown structure. Useful information derived from the Oversight Program is fed‐back to program participants to enable continuous improvement of the program's management systems, thus reducing programmatic risk. This paper discusses the application of RTD's tools and techniques used to oversee the FasTracks program and how Systems Engineering principles can be used to reduce programmatic risk for large transit programs.