Benchmark: Corps of Engineers Procedures for Water Resources Evaluation

Take this benchmark to assess how much you would benefit from taking the course on Corps of Engineers Agency Specific Procedures (ASPs) for Water Resources Investments. In a few minutes, you’ll see whether you can already reason through the intent of the PR&G framework, the trade-offs it prioritizes, and the practical shifts it demands.

What you’ll get from this benchmark:
– A quick read on your readiness to apply ASPs: Are you equipped to evaluate alternatives for net public benefits—not just lowest cost?
– Insight into operational changes: Do you know how integrating NEPA and PR&G streamlines analysis, documentation, and engagement?
– A lens for equity and risk: Can you recognize when environmental justice, distributional effects, and climate uncertainty should drive design and selection?
– A reality check on collaboration: Do you understand how and why early, meaningful participation (including Tribal and community input) improves defensibility and outcomes?

If these prompts feel challenging or surface gaps, the course will help you: interpret the policy intent behind ASPs, structure analyses that are transparent and consistent, integrate best available actionable science, compare nature-based and structural options under uncertainty, and communicate trade-offs clearly to decision makers and the public. Use this benchmark to decide whether you need a full dive into the course now or a targeted refresher later.