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THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY INSTITUTE
4600 North Fairfax Drive,
Suite 800
Arlington, VA 22203
Tel. (703) 235-0500; Fax (703) 235-0593
Home Page: www.nhi.fhwa.dot.gov
Delivering Solutions for
a World in Motion
Free ITS Software Acquisition
Course Available
A brand-new, free Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
course is now available for groups ranging from 10 to 25 participants.
NHI course #13619, ITS Software Acquisition, had its pilot run in Washington,
D.C., in March and has been presented successfully in Albany, N.Y. and
San Francisco.
This two-day course provides a general understanding of the many issues
involved in the ITS software acquisition process. Upon completion of the
course, students will understand:
- The difference between software acquisitions and other types of acquisitions.
- The themes/guiding principles on which to build a software acquisition.
- The difference between developing requirements and technical specifications.
- Intellectual property rights issues and how to resolve them.
- Managing ITS software acquisitions.
- The criteria for accepting a system.
- Software maintenance considerations.
The course is intended
primarily for state and local personnel, such as project leaders, who
will be involved in ITS projects that have a significant software component
to them. FHWA Resource Center and Division personnel who are involved
in coordinating these projects would also benefit. This course is the
newest in a series of 14 ITS courses sponsored by NHI in cooperation with
the ITS Joint Program Office. It is a companion to, but not a prerequisite
for, the "Lessons in ITS Procurement" course, which will be
available in fall or winter 1999.
This is a unique opportunity to obtain state-of-the-art training on this
pivotal topic for free. The sponsoring agency needs only to provide the
training facilities (or you can opt to come to the NHI training facilities
at the FHWA Learning Center in Arlington, Va.); NHI will provide the instructor,
the reference materials, and the student notebooks. For more information,
call Tom Humphrey at (202) 366-2211 or Mary Susan Sparlin at (703) 235-0542.
To request a course, please call NHI's course coordinator Lynn Cadarr
at (703) 235-0528.
NHI's Instructor Development
Course To Be Held in September
NHI's instructor development courses are proving to be
so popular that classes fill up immediately. There are still several spaces
available in the fall course, scheduled for September 28-30 at the NHI
training facilities in Arlington, Va. This course is designed to prepare
instructors for NHI certification, although it is not mandatory. It covers
such topics as learning theory, personal training style, group development
and behavior, and communication challenges. Participants are expected
to make short five- to seven-minute presentations on a subject of their
choice. To register or to get more information, please call Ilse van Goth
at (703) 235-0529, or e-mail her at ilse.vangoth@fhwa.dot.gov.
Participants are responsible for their own travel arrangements, but they
can reserve rooms at the Holiday Inn next door by calling (703) 243-9800.
Please consult the NHI Web site for other course schedules or call Course
Coordinator Lynn Cadarr at (703) 235-0528.
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