GIS-3: GIS SELECTION AND MANAGEMENT

Order No:

GIS-3

Total Length:

180 minutes



Functional Requirements, What and How to Manage

Reference No:

GIS 3-1

Components of Functional or User Requirements: goals and objectives, user groups, functions, products, data elements, data attributes, interfaces, basic applications and complex applications. Technical changes to requirements, reflection of these changes in the documentation.

Lecturer:

  • Henry A. Emery, President, Emery DataGraphic,
    Division of Harris/McBurney Co., Englewood, CO

Suitability for
Level of
Instruction:

  • University (Undergraduate)
  • Advanced Research
  • Professional

Duration:

25 minutes

Year of
Presentation:

1990

Suggested
Presentations:

GIS-7-1

 

The Other Costs of GIS

Reference No:

GIS 3-2

Hardware and Software, data acquisition; site preparation, training, pilot projects; secondary costs, benefits; changes in Administrative structure; double work; new work methods.

Lecturer:

  • Margaret Chock, Ph.D., M.I.B., Chock, Santa Monica, CA

Suitability for
Level of
Instruction:

  • University (Undergraduate)
  • Advanced Research
  • Professional

Duration:

30 minutes

Year of
Presentation:

1990

Suggested
Presentations:

GIS-7-1

 

Considerations for Selecting a GIS Consultant

Reference No:

GIS 3-3

Discussion of criteria for evaluating consultants, the single most limiting factor to the success of a project. Consultants need to assess the impact of implementing a system before start-up as well as sell management on the benefits of GIS. An excellent guide to assist the selection process, including cost.

Lecturer:

  • Allen J. Armstrong, Intergraph Corporation

Suitability for
Level of
Instruction:

  • University (Undergraduate)
  • Advanced Research
  • Professional

Duration:

32 minutes

Year of
Presentation:

1990

Suggested
Presentations:

GIS-7-1

 

Technical Start-Up Problems in GIS Project Management

Reference No:

GIS 3-4

Outlining project objectives; minimum requirements; time and financial constraints; potential hardware, software and data problems.

Lecturer:

  • Kathleen Durako, Physical Scientist,
    Defense Mapping Agency (DMA) Systems Center, Fairfax, VA

Suitability for
Level of
Instruction:

  • University (Undergraduate)
  • Advanced Research
  • Professional

Duration:

26 minutes

Year of
Presentation:

1990

 

Avoiding Pilot Studies Through a Structured Life-Cycle Test and Evaluation Program

Reference No:

GIS 3-5

The history and evolution of pilot studies and their shortcomings. Provides a structured, proven systems approach for better yield in the program, including improved terms. A description of functions and results of pilot studies, assessing measures of success. There exists over 20 years of well-documented knowledge of life-cycle management.

Lecturer:

  • Timothy Foresman, GIS Management Office, Clark County, NV

Suitability for
Level of
Instruction:

  • University (Undergraduate)
  • Advanced Research
  • Professional

Duration:

25 minutes

Year of
Presentation:

1990

 

Integrating GIS With Other Enterprise Systems Can Be Strategic

Reference No:

GIS 3-6

A description of integrating GIS Systems (including organizational integration, functional integration and, in detail, data integration) as well as rendering information systems strategic. A demonstration of the evolution of GIS from mapping, to analysis, to data sharing, to integration with other enterprise applications. A Strategic Information System (use of GIS) fundamentally alters the way the enterprise conducts its activities or significantly enhances the competitive posture of the enterprise (McFarlan and McKenney).

Lecturer:

  • Earl Ellisor, IBM, GIS Solution Center, Houston, TX

Suitability for
Level of
Instruction:

  • University (Undergraduate)
  • Advanced Research
  • Professional

Duration:

37 minutes

Year of
Presentation:

1990

Suggested
Presentations:

GIS-20-5, GIS-23-3