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The acumen platform docker is an Operational Decision Support Tool (ODST), providing operators with information, data and intelligence - supporting decisions that affect the operational railway during routine, degraded and perturbed working. | |||
= What's in a name? = | |||
The definition of acumen is the ability to make good judgements and take quick decisions. | |||
In keeping with the definition, the primary goals of acumen are to: | |||
This wiki is written and maintained by Network Rail Operational Interface Managers. Please send any feedback to acumenfeedback@networkrail.co.uk. | ::*Provide all users with a common operational picture - aggregating numerous sources of NR and Railway Undertaking (RU) data; | ||
::*Output an easy to understand representation of platform occupation and utilisation; | |||
::*Focus a users attention on issues and conflicts that require intervention or manipulation. | |||
The application provides users with the tools to make quicker and better informed decisions, based on a full operational picture. | |||
acumen complements the requirement on people to process large amounts of information prior to making decisions. The term acumen reflects the relationship between a user and the capabilities of the application. | |||
= User-led Development = | |||
Development of acumen is led by the Operations Interface Management (OIM) team within System Operator, but the team have championed a user-led design ethos. | |||
System users are encouraged to feedback suggestions, ideas and enhancements and the OIM team work with users to optimise the platform docker to fit the need of the users where possible. | |||
As an internal system, enhancements can often be turned around quickly; in days and weeks rather than months. | |||
= The story so far = | |||
acumen was first deployed to York in July 2020, followed by Crewe, Birmingham New Street, London Euston and London Kings Cross. | |||
The trial deployments have focused on SSMs, Signallers and station teams (station controllers, announcers). | |||
Initial response has been positive, and the acumen team are now working to have the system ready for wider uptake in August 2021. | |||
Network Rail colleagues can read more information on the acumen Sharepoint pages: https://networkrail.sharepoint.com/sites/acumen | |||
<i>This wiki is written and maintained by Network Rail Operational Interface Managers. Please send any feedback to acumenfeedback@networkrail.co.uk.</i> | |||
Revision as of 10:08, 6 April 2021
The acumen platform docker is an Operational Decision Support Tool (ODST), providing operators with information, data and intelligence - supporting decisions that affect the operational railway during routine, degraded and perturbed working.
What's in a name?
The definition of acumen is the ability to make good judgements and take quick decisions.
In keeping with the definition, the primary goals of acumen are to:
- Provide all users with a common operational picture - aggregating numerous sources of NR and Railway Undertaking (RU) data;
- Output an easy to understand representation of platform occupation and utilisation;
- Focus a users attention on issues and conflicts that require intervention or manipulation.
The application provides users with the tools to make quicker and better informed decisions, based on a full operational picture.
acumen complements the requirement on people to process large amounts of information prior to making decisions. The term acumen reflects the relationship between a user and the capabilities of the application.
User-led Development
Development of acumen is led by the Operations Interface Management (OIM) team within System Operator, but the team have championed a user-led design ethos.
System users are encouraged to feedback suggestions, ideas and enhancements and the OIM team work with users to optimise the platform docker to fit the need of the users where possible.
As an internal system, enhancements can often be turned around quickly; in days and weeks rather than months.
The story so far
acumen was first deployed to York in July 2020, followed by Crewe, Birmingham New Street, London Euston and London Kings Cross.
The trial deployments have focused on SSMs, Signallers and station teams (station controllers, announcers).
Initial response has been positive, and the acumen team are now working to have the system ready for wider uptake in August 2021.
Network Rail colleagues can read more information on the acumen Sharepoint pages: https://networkrail.sharepoint.com/sites/acumen
This wiki is written and maintained by Network Rail Operational Interface Managers. Please send any feedback to acumenfeedback@networkrail.co.uk.