DISCIPLINARY CASE STUDY:
FLOODPLAIN MANAGERS

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Disciplinary Challenge

The sustainability and resiliency of our communities to flooding is intricately contingent to the proper management of floodplains. Floodplain managers have the important responsibility of managing the development and encroachment of floodplains as well as the quality and quantity of water throughout our community.  Floodplain managers administer flood protection programs and oversee technical investigations into water resources.  At the cornerstone of these efforts are a series of regulatory mandated plans that must be maintained, training, and outreach and education activities. 

Odysseus Solutions

Odysseus Offers a Programmatic Solution for Floodplain Managers

Odysseus™ | kms

The Odysseus™|KMS provides floodplain managers with a central repository where plans, common operating procedures, safety protocol, and regulatory compliance reports can be accessed and shared across disciplines and watersheds.  The secure yet flexible virtual collaborative environment allows for the efficient development, maintenance, and update of planning doctrine.
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ODYSSEUS™ | CPM

The Odysseus™|Compliance Metric Tools are a data-driven, assessment that allows floodplain managers the ability to systematically evaluate compliance to industry standards and regulatory requirements. 

ODYSSEUS™ | AAT

The Odysseus™ | AAT offers water management districts the ability to develop customized assessment tools that can be used to evaluate, assess, and understand the progress and trends of programs and initiatives.

ODYSSEUS™ | cbt

​The Odysseus™|CBT allows for the delivery and tracking of learning across the Odysseus™ enterprise. Your programs, courses and exercises can be harmonized with floodplain management planning and program activities while facilitating your strategy to deliver training and exercise content to your target audience.

Featured Best Practices

• Planning & Reporting
• Training
• Exercises
• Compliance Metrics
• Participation
• Committee Management

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Planning & Reporting

The Odysseus™ | KMS gives floodplain managers an online tool dedicated to the development and maintenance of floodplain management activities and regulatory reporting requirements required by the US EPA, FEMA, and other regulatory agencies.  Odysseus™|KMS offers planners and program officers with the unique feature of providing standardization and flexibility in a collaborative environment.  This union greatly increases the floodplain manager's ability to manage and coordinate the design, development, and maintenance of reporting and planning requirements.  

Customized Courses & Training Management

The Odysseus™|CBT plug-in provides organizations with an integrated learning management system that allows floodplain managers to more effectively deliver and measure understanding of important environmental, floodplain management, and other regulatory requirements across the Odysseus™ enterprise.  Odysseus™|CBT provides a platform to deliver and manage customized computer-based training, track course assessments, award certificates upon course completion, and in-depth reporting of learner progress and understanding. 

Simulated Testing & Exercise Scenarios

Designed from the Odysseus™|CBT framework, the Odysseus™ Exercise Simulator incorporates cutting-edge media technology to  deliver an interactive, best practice solution to accurately test and validate floodplain management activities and planning contingencies, while effectively engaging participants in important tests and exercises.  Exercise designers can build an interactive environment that allows users to visualize operational scenarios and experience real-world crisis decision-making. The Odysseus™ Exercise Simulator provides an easy-to-use, turnkey solution to accurately test and validate operational and programmatic strategies, while engaging stakeholders and impressing your organization's leadership.

Dam Safety and Levee Certification Compliance Assessments

Designed from the Odysseus™|AAT architecture, the Odysseus platform offers a customized compliance assessments tools that is consistent with the regulatory requirements and guidelines of the US EPA, FEMA, and other federal regulatory and industry standards.  Floodplain managers can assess their program's compliance and integrate the results into their existing reporting and planning framework. 

Community Participation and Awareness

The Odysseus™ enterprise offers a variety of tools that can be used to efficiently engage residents and community partners, and solicit their participation in the planning process. Customized Odysseus™|CBT interactive planning participation module allows committee members, stakeholders, and the public to learn about current floodplain management initiatives and provide real-time feedback and input on important floodplain management matters. Customized Odysseus™|AAT survey instruments allows community members and advocate groups to provide input in the planning process and inform the strategies of managing the flood risk in the community.

Committee Management

In today’s environment of fiscal efficiency, limited availability of resources, and the necessity to balance competing demands, it is imperative that the engagement of assigned work groups and key stakeholders is efficient and effective. The committee management tool within the Odysseus™|KMS will assist in documenting the planning process, provide a method of on-going committee collaboration, offer an archival repository of planning meeting minutes and information, and ensure the active participation of committee members and key stakeholders throughout the life-cycle of the planning process.