Information and data management strategies include:
- Information and data-related governance
- Data services
- Information technologies
- Strategic planning for IT initiatives
The table below includes examples of the subcategories of information and data management, along with the associated activities and capabilities that are built using them.
Table 3.4 Information and Data Management Strategies
| Strategy subcategory | Sample Activities | Capabilities Addressed |
|---|---|---|
| IT Strategic Planning | Creating an IT strategic plan linked to the agency strategic plan | Aligning Skills to Needs Agility & Resilience Technology Adoption Transparency Operations Focus |
| IT and Data Governance | Establishing information- and data-related governance structures and processes | Agility & Resilience Technology Adoption Transparency Operations Focus |
| Enterprise Data Integration/Data Services | Creating a data warehouse Creating Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) for open data access | Agility & Resilience Technology Adoption Transparency Operations Focus |
| Business Intelligence/Analytics | Establishing an Analytics Center of Excellence to provide services and training to business units | Aligning Skills to Needs Agility & Resilience Technology Adoption Transparency Operations Focus |
| Agile Development | Establishing Agile software development processes featuring a series of incremental “sprints” based on prioritized user stories. | Agility & Resilience Technology Adoption |
| Cloud Solutions | Pursuing software as a service (SaaS) and platform as a service (PaaS) solutions for selected applications to provide flexibility and facilitate maintenance and updates. | Agility & Resilience Technology Adoption Transparency Operations Focus |
| Project and Services Portfolio Management | Tracking the status of technology projects and services and prioritizing additions based on business needs and available resources. | Agility & Resilience Technology Adoption Transparency |
Texas DOT Data and Information Management Approach
Texas DOT (TxDOT) has developed a comprehensive data and information management system and collaborative performance implementation approach to overcome siloes that limited information-sharing in the past and to address Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21) performance requirements in collaboration with its MPOs.
The agency’s Information Management Division provides innovative IT and strategic information resource planning services.
Their “OneDOT Data Shop” provides a coordinated inventory of information and data sets used by the agency and its MPOs for collaborating on planning and decision making. This resource includes:
- State and federal financial information
- Census data
- Economic trends
- Letting and work plans
- Program reports
- Project statuses
- Texas Department of Transportation, “OneDOT Data Shop,” 2019 [Online]. Available: https://www.txdot.gov/inside-txdot/division/planning/one-data.html.
- Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), “Texas’s Collaborative Approach to Performance Management Data Management,” FHWA Transportation Performance Management: TPM Noteworthy Practices Series, 2014 [Online] Available https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/tpm/noteworthy/tx.pdf.