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Two Mini-Courses on dTIMS LCCA Released!

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We are proud to launch two new mini-courses available at Deighton University this week!

The mini-courses Introduction to dTIMS LCCA and Components of an LCCA focus on the concepts and components of dTIMS Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) in dTIMS BA.

Learn more about each mini-course below, and continue your dTIMS Learning today!

Introduction to dTIMS LCCA

In this mini-course, we will explore the concept of an analysis in dTIMS - that is, a Life Cycle Cost Analysis or "LCCA". Life Cycle Cost Analysis is widely used to compare different strategies for building, maintaining, or improving an infrastructure asset by estimating the future costs resulting from alternative policies.

Upon completion of this mini-course, you will learn:

  • The value of dTIMS in your Life Cycle Cost Analysis

  • Analysis Segmentation for your assets using a Master Table and dTIMS tools

  • The core modeling of curves used in a dTIMS Analysis

  • Why Treatments are applied and how they impact your Analysis

  • How to generate Strategies through an Analysis Set

  • How to improve your Analysis optimization through Budget Strategies

  • How to review the dTIMS optimized strategies and adjust your Analysis

Components of an LCCA

In this mini-course, we will explore the components of a Life Cycle Cost Analysis in dTIMS. Building upon the information from the ‘Introduction to dTIMS LCCA’ mini-course, we will look at specific examples of all the components required to perform a basic LCCA in order to gain a better understanding of what they are, how they are created, and how they all work together in the analysis process.

Upon completion of this mini-course you will learn about the the various components of a Life Cycle Cost Analysis. Additionally, you will learn:

  • What the required components to set up a of a master analysis table are.

  • How to incorporate analysis variables into your analysis model.

  • How to use budgets and apply treatments to improve your analysis.

  • How to calculate an Agency or an Organization's Costs.

  • What the User Benefits are and how they factor into your LCCA.

  • How to bring in all the components to create an Analysis Set with budget restraints.

  • How to examine the results for adjustment and viewing reporting data using condition categories.

Did you know by successfully completing each mini-course in this stream you can become certified as dTIMS BA - Analyst? Check out our website to explore the other courses that make up the dTIMS BA Analyst Stream.

Coming Next Month!

Next month we will release the Optimization dTIMS Mini-Course, the final course in the Analyst Stream.

Deighton University for dTIMS eLearning

A lot has changed in the last year and a half. Nowhere is that more apparent than the way we learn. Consider the way our kids attend school now and the way we onboard new employees. While online learning has been around for years, it is now becoming mainstream and is widely accepted by most.

At Deighton, we started on our eLearning Journey just before the onset of the COVID pandemic. At DUC 2020, we launched the Deighton University with two offerings, dTIMS BA Concepts, and dTIMS BA Practical.

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While developing our eLearning content and investigating other eLearning success stories, we took the time to refine our eLearning methodology. We are now developing smaller dTIMS Mini-Courses based on three specific learning streams, as outlined below.

The dTIMS Mini-Course

A Mini-Course is a small, bite sized learning opportunity of roughly 20 to 30 minutes in length. Each mini course will contain corresponding content, a use case, and a quiz. Additionally, each mini course will contain 70 to 80% instructor face time (time where the instructor is on-screen).

Each mini-course we develop will fall into one of three streams: Concepts, User, and Builder. Completing all of the mini-courses in one specific stream entitles you to a dTIMS BA Certificate.


New This Month

Each month you will see at least one mini-course launched. We are excited to release Decision Support Systems - Part I today! This mini-course was co-developed with our eLearning partners IDS Limited.

In this mini-course, you will explore the Decision Support System and the following points:

  • Why we need tools to help us predict the future

  • What a Decision Support System looks like

  • Key components of a Decision Support System and how they interact

  • Requirements, inputs, and assumptions that will give you the context needed to continue on your modeling journey

Coming Next Month

Watch for Loading and Archiving Data in August! In this mini-course you will explore the basics of importing data into your dTIMS Database. Upon completion you will able to import data and archive historical data.