Whether you're not sure what the words Asset Management (AM) mean or you're part of an organization that is a decade or more into applied practices, this session will broaden your team's ability to assess where your agency is at and where you might like to take the next bite toward more cost effective customer service delivery. This session will provide an overview of a rapid assessment tool adopted by the State of Michigan. This spreadsheet tool is adapted from the AM expertise of public works professionals with the Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia (IPWEA) who have been providing technical manuals, guidance, templates, and education in the AM space for the past two decades. IPWEA developed a self-assessment tool widely used in public works – both internally and in communications with peers. Mr. Pratt is an APWA Jennings Randolph scholar who traveled to Australia and New Zealand to learn the insights that will be provided. He has been engaged with Michigan's efforts to formalize a statewide AM framework including training and education. The bulk of the presentation will be an interactive exercise to simulate an agency brownbag-type session to dive into the rating questions used for self assessment. Example outputs will be shared. Introductory discussion will expose attendees to broader organizational roles beyond data management/collection and prioritization. After initially expanding attendee understanding of this longer-range vision of AM used by thousands of international public works agencies, the focus of this session will be the simplicity of creating short term goals based on current organizational capabilities. This initial discussion will include summarizing the reasons these areas of assessment were developed by IPWEA and how those have been adapted for North America, first by the Canadian Public Works Association (CPWA).
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