AASHTOWare Project Data Analytics™ SaaS Update

August 26, 2021

AASHTOWare Project Data Analytics Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) analyzes agency data throughout the construction life cycle. The initial release of the AASHTOWare Project Data Analytics SaaS module was in August 2019. Agencies with a paid license to AASHTOWare Project BAMS/DSS or an AASHTOWare Project Site License have access to the first two themes available in the initial release of the AASHTOWare Project Data Analytics SaaS module, including features from the Line Item Profile and Bid Evaluation Analysis themes.

AASHTOWare Project Data Analytics development is over two years into the four-year project that began March 2019. The project follows a bi-weekly iterative development process. New functionality is ready for evaluation by participating agencies every other week, and upon their approval, is released to production. In addition to developing functionality outlined in the AASHTOWare Project Data Analytics Development and Production Releases Work Plan, the participating agencies provide feedback as they use the software and work with the development team to incorporate feedback into the software. This iterative development style provides the agencies with production-ready functionality throughout the project.

With 47 pushes to production in the first two years of the project, there’s ample new functionality to explore. Here’s an overview of what’s new in the AASHTOWare Project Data Analytics SaaS module:

  • Bid Estimate Review
  • Bid Evaluation Analysis
  • Item Price Analysis
  • Item Statistics Map
  • Line Item Profile
  • Compare Prices of Similar Items Within Letting and Recent History
  • Market Area Definitions
  • Market Shares
  • Quantity Variance – Letting
  • Vendor Activity Map
  • Vendor Profile
  • Work Location Map

The original participating agencies assisting with development of AASHTOWare Project Data Analytics are Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, South Carolina, and West Virginia. During 2020, Wisconsin joined as a participating agency, bringing the total number of agencies supporting the continued development of AASHTOWare Project Data Analytics to 12.

The remaining themes the participating agencies have coming up are:

  • Award Maps
  • Cost Variance Profiles
  • Historical Statistics
  • Compare Contracts
  • Trends of Unbalanced Items
  • Unbalanced Bidding Analysis
  • Quantity Variance
  • Vendor Competition Analysis

In addition to providing feedback directly through the AASHTOWare Project Data Analytics SaaS application, participating agencies have the opportunity to participate in usability studies with the development team to ensure the application is intuitive and easy to use for analysis.

If you’re interested in learning more about AASHTOWare Project Data Analytics SaaS or web-based functionality, or becoming a participating agency, please contact your Infotech Account Manager.

By

Liz Rodgers, Sr. Strategy Analyst, AASHTOWare Project Administration

Charles Groshens, AASHTOWare Supervisor, MnDOT