This document discusses how DFW Airport uses the Unifier system to manage construction projects. It provides an overview of how Unifier was implemented at DFW Airport, highlighting key details like managing $2.3 billion in projects. Unifier allows for flexible resource management and electronic document review, saving an estimated $8 million on paper costs. DFW Airport has customized Unifier with processes for time tracking, recycling tracking, and an ITS project management office to centrally manage initiatives. The document concludes with contact information for questions.
2. Agenda
DFW Unifier Overview
Define Flexibility
Guidelines
Resource Management
Time Management In-depth
Green Initiative
Electronic Review In-depth
ITS PMO
Managing the System
Questions and Answers
3. DFW Airport
DFW Fast Facts
Opened 1974
DFW Airport covers more than 26.9 square
miles
4th Largest in the world based on operations
8th Largest in the world based on passengers
155 Gates
7 Runways
4. DFW Unifier Overview
The Road So Far
July 2009 - Skire Unifier Selected as the DFW Airport Program
Management Application
January 2010 - Skire Unifier Implementation Begins
July 2010 – First Business Process Go Live with 150 users
September 2010 – Core Collaboration BPs go live and all
TRIP projects being run in Unifier
October 2010 – All new ADE managed projects run in Unifier
April 2012 – All ITS managed projects run in Unifier
January 2013 – Executive Goal Tracking implemented in
Unifier
5. DFW Unifier Overview
Key Efforts
$2.3 Billion TRIP Program
$220 Million Annually in Capital Projects
100 ITS Initiatives
Users
725 Active Users
Business Processes
60 Processes Live
4 Processes in Development
10 Processes in Queue For
Development
Projects
800 Active
Training
975 Users Trained
2 Classes per Week
6. Define Flexibility
Adaptable to Any Process
Easily Models Your Process
Rapid Deployment
Ease of Adoption
Ease of Modification
Ad Hoc reporting
Process referencing
Ability to import data
Easy web service definition
8. Guidelines
Include All Types of Users
No More Than 10 Steps
Care in Defining End of Process
Define Required Output
Thorough Testing
Establish process owners
Use templates
9. Resource Management
Unifier can be used to leverage input from diverse
areas to allow for effective manage of any type of
resource or project.
DFW uses Unifier to link all aspects of a resource
and as a result is able to accurately predict project
costs.
11. Time Management In-depth
250 Timesheets per week
Excel before Unifier
Labor intense
High volume of paper
Limited tracking
Frontend data control limited
Limited reporting
Duplicate effort
Tough to forecast expense
Unifier
Linked business process
No duplicate work
High level of tracking
High level of reporting
Data quality control
Ability to forecast expense
$0
$100,000
$200,000
$300,000
$400,000
$500,000
$600,000
$700,000
$800,000
$900,000
$1,000,000
100 Timesheets 250 Timesheets
Annual Savings
Savings
12. Green Initiatives
Electronic Document Review
Recycling
Material Hauling
Diversion Rates
Green Building Standards
13. Electronic Document
Review In-depth
Projected $8 Million in paper saving on TRIP
Unifier processes for routing and notification
Unifier document manager
Bluebeam used for markups and commenting
Electronic review rooms
Tablets in the field
25,000 Original CADD drawings
250,000 Documents
14. ITS PMO
Receives project requests via web service
Requests are reviewed
Assign PMs
Schedules
Project documentation
Executive reporting
Project closeout
15. Managing the System
Ticketing Process
Help Documents
Process Owner Matrix
Change Control BP
Process Request Procedure
16. Questions & Answers
DFW Speakers:
Jack Zill – AVP Projects Administration
John Hovey – Engineering Applications Manager
Tim Neathery – ADE Program Administration Manager
DFW Team in Attendance:
Selitha Hamilton - Sr. Mgr, ITS Portfolio & Strategic Development
Lewis McKenzie – Engineering Applications Administrator
John Roberts – Compliance Administrator
Sandy Stout – PMO Manager
Dale Walker – Project Accounting Manager
POC – John Hovey
Jhovey@dfwairport.com
972-973-1736