The I-210 Pilot Integrated Corridor Management (ICM) system is a monitoring, assessment, decision support, and operational control tool to be deployed along an urban corridor in the San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles County. Its deployment will be centered on a 12-mile section of I-210 traversing the cities of Pasadena, Arcadia, Monrovia, and Duarte. The system aims to help corridor traffic managers determine the best course of action for responding to incidents and events and to facilitate more efficient, coordinated responses using cross-jurisdictional, multi-modal traffic and demand management strategies. This document presents the validation strategy that project stakeholders will use to assess whether the delivered ICM system satisfies the user needs that prompted its development. This introductory section includes: Purpose of document Relation of validation plan to the systems engineering process Intended audience Document organization The purpose of this Validation Plan is to define how system validation will be performed at the end of the project—the strategy that will be used to assess whether the developed system accomplishes what it was designed to do. This essentially implies assessing whether the system meets the goals, objectives, and user needs stated in the Concept of Operations (ConOps) at the beginning of the project. Specific questions that this document seeks to answer include: How will the developed system will be evaluated? Where will the assessment take place? When will the assessment be conducted? What types of tests will be conducted? What data will need to be collected? Who will conduct the assessments? Who will participate in the assessments? The development of a system validation plan is part of the systems engineering process that the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) requires be followed for developing Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) projects when federal funds are involved. While not required for projects only using state or local funds, use of the systems engineering process is also encouraged in such cases. As shown in Figure 11, which illustrates the overall systems engineering process, an initial system validation plan is typically developed early in the engineering process, often after completion of the Concept of Operations. The purpose of this plan is to outline an agreed-upon strategy that will be used at the end of the project by system stakeholders to determine whether the user needs identified as part of the ConOps development are adequately satisfied in the final product. Depending on the project, this
The I-210 Pilot Integrated Corridor Management (ICM) system is a monitoring, assessment, decision support, and operational control tool to be deployed along an urban corridor in the San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles County. Its deployment will be centered on a 12-mile section of I-210 traversing the cities of Pasadena, Arcadia, Monrovia, and Duarte. The system aims to help corridor traffic managers determine the best course of action for responding to incidents and events and to facilitate more efficient, coordinated responses using cross-jurisdictional, multi-modal traffic and demand management strategies. This document presents the validation strategy that project stakeholders will use to assess whether the delivered ICM system satisfies the user needs that prompted its development. This introductory section includes: Purpose of document Relation of validation plan to the systems engineering process Intended audience Document organization The purpose of this Validation Plan is to define how system validation will be performed at the end of the project—the strategy that will be used to assess whether the developed system accomplishes what it was designed to do. This essentially implies assessing whether the system meets the goals, objectives, and user needs stated in the Concept of Operations (ConOps) at the beginning of the project. Specific questions that this document seeks to answer include: How will the developed system will be evaluated? Where will the assessment take place? When will the assessment be conducted? What types of tests will be conducted? What data will need to be collected? Who will conduct the assessments? Who will participate in the assessments? The development of a system validation plan is part of the systems engineering process that the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) requires be followed for developing Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) projects when federal funds are involved. While not required for projects only using state or local funds, use of the systems engineering process is also encouraged in such cases. As shown in Figure 11, which illustrates the overall systems engineering process, an initial system validation plan is typically developed early in the engineering process, often after completion of the Concept of Operations. The purpose of this plan is to outline an agreed-upon strategy that will be used at the end of the project by system stakeholders to determine whether the user needs identified as part of the ConOps development are adequately satisfied in the final product. Depending on the project, this
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