Work Zone Mobility and Safety Self-Assessment Guide

3. Scoring the Self-Assessment

Each question in the WZ SA describes a policy, process, product, or practice that contributes to the reduction of congestion, delay, and crashes in work zones. For each question in the SA, you are assessing two things:

• The adoption phase of the policy, process, product, or practice, or the extent to which the agency has adopted it

• The level of effort that the agency has applied.

3.1 Assess the Adoption Phase

To delineate the extent to which an agency has adopted the policy, process, product, or practice, table 2 shows five adoption phases: initiation, development, execution, assessment, and integration.

For each question in the SA, consider the questions in table 2 and decide which phase best fits the overall item response. NOTE: Overall "best fit" does not require total agreement with each of the questions.

Table 2. Characteristics of Each Phase

Phase	Characteristics
Initiation	Does agency management acknowledge the need for a particular item? Has exploratory research taken place to assess the benefits of this item? Does management support further development of this item's requirements?
Development	Has the agency developed a plan or approach to address the item's requirements? Has the agency started to investigate the feasibility of implementation? Does the agency have standards and guidance to enable the item's implementation? Does the agency have the approvals necessary for implementation? Are resources in place to support the adoption of this item?
Execution	Is the agency implementing/carrying out the requirements of this item? Has the agency allocated financial or staff resources necessary for the item's execution? Have appropriate personnel been trained to execute the item's requirements? Has a process owner been established?
Assessment	Has the agency assessed how well this item reduces work zone congestion and crashes? Has the agency assessed the process for carrying out this item? Has the agency implemented appropriate changes to the requirements of this item based on performance assessments?
Integration	Has the agency integrated the requirements of this item into quality improvement processes? Are the requirements of this item integrated into agency culture? Are the requirements of this item included as part of the employee performance rating system?

3.2 Level of Effort

Next, assign the score on a scale of 0 to 15 using the scoring ranges shown in Table 3. To assign the actual score within the range, evaluate the level of effort that has been applied within a particular phase of the adoption process:

• If the agency has applied only a minimal effort, assign the lowest rating in a range.
• If the agency has applied a moderate effort, assign the mid-point rating.
• If the agency has applied an extensive effort, assign the highest rating.

Table 3. Scoring Guidelines

If project is in this phase	Use this scoring range	Description
Initiation	(0–3)	Agency has acknowledged the need for this item
Development	(4–6)	Agency has developed a plan or approach to address the requirements of this item
Execution	(7–9)	Agency has executed an approach to meet the requirements of this item.
Assessment	(10–12)	Agency has assessed the performance of this item
Integration	(13–15)	Agency has integrated the requirements of this item into agency culture/processes

Again, overall "best fit" does not require total agreement with the description for the scoring range.

3.3 Section Scoring

The score for a section averages the assigned scores for each question in that section. Once you have assigned the score for all questions in a section, the scoring sheet steps you easily through the scoring calculations. A weighted average score will be calculated for each section. Appendix A shows the basis for the calculations.

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