Innovation Description and Benefit:

Kansas City Scout University was originally created in 2016 as an online adjunct to developing and deploying MOMS Asset Management System for KC Scout Field Devices. As part of that process, all components of Scout’s infrastructure were identified and photographed as a means for inventory and training on those devices. From that it grew into a vast collection of written procedural documents, recorded information and How-To Webinars and individual “courses.” Scout University provides a means of retaining “institutional knowledge” from valued senior team members who may leave or retire, which otherwise would have been lost with their departure. Another benefit is the online repository of training materials to assist in the on-boarding of new staff, particularly during the Covid-19 pandemic when remote work has become the new normal. All MoDOT departments could benefit by developing a similar strategy. MoDOT’s online, digitized training that resides on SharePoint can provide a template for other MoDOT teams and organizations.