Thought leadership

Securing GIS program budget

All complex technology programs face the need for a substantial year-on-year capital and operational budget to successfully deliver their expected benefits. GIS programs are no different. GIS managers, however, are not financial experts but domain and technology experts. As a result, many GIS program managers struggle to acquire suitable and sustained budgets for new and ongoing initiatives, especially when the GIS program is competiting for a limited pool of  corporate funds.

This article will provide the inance layperson responsible for building a budget with a simple yet robust step-by-step approach to building a GIS program budget, and offer guidelines and insights into what makes a strong and defensible budget forecast. We will explore how to build a defensible multi-year budget forecast from the bottom up.