2.1  Purpose

The Guidebook serves the following purposes.

• Provides state and local agencies assistance, guidance, and a standardized systems engineering approach for the development of ITS projects.
• Provides a guide to industry best practices in systems engineering and lessons learned from other domains and past experience.
• Provides guidance on compliance with the FHWA Final Rule [23 CFR 940 Part 11] and FTA policy pertaining to systems engineering analysis for the implementation of ITS projects.

This Guidebook is intended to be a guide to applying systems engineering practices and principles to the acquisition of Intelligent Transportation Systems and oversight in ITS developments.