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From page 22... ... 22 C h a p t e r 3 This chapter of the report discusses the findings associated with Track B of SHRP 2 Project L17, which identified the requirements of a KTS effective enough to support the development of a more reliable transportation system. reliability and the Broader Systems Operations and Management Context An overarching conclusion reached early in this research was that a KTS with significant audience appeal and utility cannot be confined to reliability alone. Read the entire page →
From page 23... ... 23 products available as soon as practical and that can be adjusted as experience and needs dictate. The mission of the KTS in terms of its presumed program and institutional operating environment was identified. Read the entire page →
From page 24... ... 24 can be appropriately positioned in the context of the knowledge framework of TSM&O -- as perceived by key user audiences. An effective KTS must relate to the institutional context of practice that focuses on TSM&O and place reliability in the appropriate real-world context. Read the entire page →
From page 25... ... 25 • Cost and benefits database: measures of implementation resource requirements and outputs and outcomes in transferable form. • Guidance: oriented to program, technical, and business processes and institutional factors. Read the entire page →
From page 26... ... 26 Best Practices Current State of Play in TSM&O-Related KTS Existing knowledge related to TSM&O (and reliability) that is technical and explicit is available through extensive media (e.g., websites, publications) Read the entire page →
From page 27... ... 27 audiences, as well as opportunities for communicating, contributing, and interacting. Such a site would contain all newly created reliability-focused research, tools, guidance, models, and so on, and a search mechanism to find reliability-related material embedded on other existing TSM&O documents. Read the entire page →
From page 28... ... 28 scope and functionality, as well as differing relationships to the existing KTS activities and sponsors: 1. Support of and modifications to selected existing TSM&Ofocused websites. Read the entire page →
From page 29... ... 29 content pages of other websites amplified with a strong "push" orientation or aggressive selection, development, or summation of the types of knowledge seen as relevant to its audiences. Strengths and Weaknesses of Implementation Options Table 3.3 offers a preliminary evaluation of relative strengths and weaknesses of the five options, determined by which options provide the desired criteria. Read the entire page →
From page 30... ... 30 workshops, and peer-to-peer managed interactions) Read the entire page →
From page 31... ... 31 SHRP 2 reliability products, thus functioning as the "capstone" to the research effort. As originally scoped, the initial KTS website included • A database containing all SHRP 2 Reliability final products; • Syntheses and links for all the products and placement in a searchable data base; • Selected research "gap" reports; • Business case marketing and outreach resources; • FAQs; and a • TSM&O glossary. Read the entire page →
From page 32... ... 32 Figure 3.3. TSM&O audience knowledge needs and availability. Read the entire page →
From page 33... ... 33 Figure 3.4. The context for the L17 KTS. Read the entire page →
From page 34... ... 34 however, the start-up site was designed specifically to evolve with minimal redesign or reprogramming costs into the "ultimate" TSM&O KTS website prototype (called "Enhanced") Read the entire page →
From page 35... ... 35 Figure 3.6. KTS site map illustrating start-up and enhanced functionalities. Read the entire page →
From page 36... ... 36 Figure 3.7. KTS home page -- start-up KTS. Read the entire page →
From page 37... ... 37 Figure 3.8. KTS home page -- enhanced KTS. Read the entire page →
From page 38... ... 38 informed by best practice in other domains of transportation. Summary of Current Status For more information on the KTS, see the SHRP 2 website: http://www.trb.org/main/blurbs/169243.aspx. Read the entire page →

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... 22 C h a p t e r 3 This chapter of the report discusses the findings associated with Track B of SHRP 2 Project L17, which identified the requirements of a KTS effective enough to support the development of a more reliable transportation system. reliability and the Broader Systems Operations and Management Context An overarching conclusion reached early in this research was that a KTS with significant audience appeal and utility cannot be confined to reliability alone.