Lesson

• Develop a list of factors and metrics to analyze system performance to determine when system replacement or retirement may become necessary.
• Adequately train all operations and maintenance (O&M) personnel and conduct regularly scheduled team meetings to continually improve processes and procedures as the ICM system operations matures.
• Coordinate among stakeholders and schedule periodic team meetings to make sure that the correct and necessary information is provided for all development and implementation activities.
• Analyze individual design possibilities to determine which are feasible, which provide the best performance, and which would be the most cost effective methods of system implementation.
• Write well-formed requirements from the perspective of the system and not the system user that are concise and include data elements that are uniquely identifiable.
• Develop a logical architecture as one key resource for describing what the Integrated Corridor Management System (ICMS) will do.
• Develop a Systems Engineering Management Plan (SEMP) to achieve quality in project development and ultimately produce a successful ICMS.
• Plan for success of an ICM project by developing a knowledgeable and committed project team that can provide oversight, direction, and necessary reviews.
• Foster Champions and Organize Stakeholders when initiating an effort to consider ICM for a regional corridor.