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DOCUMENT OBJECTIVES AND SCOPE

As the prior section indicated, Doc 9854 and derived documents call for increased levels of collaboration across the spectrum of decision-making. While these documents indicate a need for and a description of the applicable areas of collaboration, the guidance on implementing CDM is not complete; this manual provides that additional guidance.

It is recognized that CDM is applicable to long-term planning activities such as infrastructure investments and procedural changes. For those types of activities, the performance-based approach, as described in Doc 9883, provides guidance on the methods for attaining collaborative, performance-focused solutions. Furthermore, given the long time horizons available for collaboration, rules, methods and roles of individual collaborating participants can be customized to the situation. Some types of decisions are out of the scope of this manual and will be covered by Doc 9883, Part I - Global Performance and Part II - Performance-based Transition Guidelines, First Edition, 2009.