Case Study: Washington State Department of Transportation achieves faster analytics and 50% faster development with Informatica PowerCenter (Informatica)

PowerCenter reduced development time by up to 50% and improved systems performance

The Washington State Department of Transportation oversees 7,048 miles of road, 3,367 bridges and a 29‑ferry system serving more than 26 million riders a year, and needed faster, easier ways to analyze traffic and safety, finance and accounting across divisions. Their mandate included driving metrics‑based management of nearly $300 million in annual capital projects and thousands of contractors while leveraging legacy systems, eliminating ad hoc data access, and simplifying data maintenance.

Using Informatica PowerCenter with native access to mainframe Adabas sources, WSDOT standardized data integration, rolled out eight data marts in four years, and cut developer custom‑coding time by up to 50%. The solution improved system performance, increased IT infrastructure flexibility, protected long‑term legacy investments, and made operational analysis and insight more timely and cost‑effective.

Washington State Department of Transportation

Chris Kemp

Manager, Data Management Services