Maximizing your ROI in Geographic Information System (GIS)

In today's competitive global economy, organizations must apply evermore diligence to their IT-related investments. GIS is no exception.

GIS advocates are finding themselves needing to compete more aggressively for limited IT funding. This requires them to:

• use more sophisticated means to prioritize & target investments in geospatial technology using ROI measures

• build robust strategies linked to corporate objectives

• build consensus across their organization in order to take an enterprise view of GIS, rather than the traditional silo'd view

• ensure they deliver on promised benefits cost-effectively.

PA Consulting Group is an independent management and technology consulting firm advising clients on enabling geospatial technology. We make a visible difference to our clients' GIS initiatives, no matter how unique the issues are, with proven competencies in IT-enabled business transformation.

Drawing on our deep expertise in mainstream IT technology, we have helped organizations with:

• Strategy and roadmap development – strategic planning based on business-led return on investment

• Sourcing – software product selection, off-shoring large-scale data conversions, outsourcing elements of GIS software support, negotiating service-level agreements and vendor support contracts

• Service management – ITIL implementation and training, transforming IT performance, and service management organizational design

• Knowledge management and business intelligence – unlocking geospatial data that can help organizations drive down costs, raise their revenues, improve customer service, and meet regulatory compliance.

• Enterprise architecture – service oriented architecture, designing large-scale platform.

PA wrote the book on GIS ROI.

Read the book here: The Business Benefits of GIS: An ROI Approach

As a reflection of our competencies in this area, the leading GIS software vendor engaged PA to co-author a book on The Business Benefits of GIS: An ROI Approach. This comprehensive methodology is designed to help you to create a business case, budget, ROI model and roadmap for employing GIS technologies successfully.

To learn more about our GIS capabilities, please contact us.