Bringing Geographic Information System (GIS) into your organization

Advocates for geospatial programs will know that they have to compete aggressively for their share of an often shrinking capital IT budget. It is therefore not surprising that the department with the most robust, clearly articulated and proven business case or “game plan” gets the largest share of available budget. In light of this, there has been a renewed focus on improving the approach to developing well supported, quantitative business cases that clearly demonstrate the expected business benefits, payback period, resource implications and cost.

Senior management with the buying power and influence that your program needs will only support a program of work that directly and demonstrably adds value to the organization. Your program will need a robust business case with a well thought out definition of governance for program delivery.