Problem
• Activity 1: Obtain work details, planned network strategy and scope from the relevant personnel and arrange for site access in compliance with required security arrangements, legislation, codes, regulations and standards.
• Activity 2: Interrogate system monitoring alerts and alarms and identify areas of the route and circuit unavailability.
• Activity 3: Assess planned and unplanned outages to determine network unavailability and verify restoration times.
• Activity 4: Obtain and interrogate network management system and identify traffic status.
• Activity 5: Analyse system alert and identify real and potential traffic problems.
• Activity 6: Analyse customer complaints and traffic measurement data to identify network problems.
• Activity 7: Activate and deactivate semi-permanent controls active in the network regularly to simulate irregular traffic
• Activity 8: Conduct traffic measurements across all required routes
• Activity 9: Analyse results, historical data and traffic volume requirements
• Activity 10: Determine specific thresholds, loading and grading levels to alter traffic flows
• Activity 11: Obtain funding parameters and budgeted levels, and determine plan amendments.
• Activity 12: Confirm those traffic control strategies to prevent traffic problems.
• Activity 13: Develop strategies for recovery where traffic congestion occurs.
• Activity 14: Develop contingency plans to allow for problems during network changes.