A CONSISTENT, REPEATABLE, AND

MEASURABLE STRATEGY MODEL FOR

ASSESSING THE MATURITY OF SPATIAL DATA

INFRASTRUCTURESStream: Spatial Infrastructures

Presented by: Maurits van der Vlugt

Email: Maurits.vandervlugt@mercuryps.com.au

Twitter: @mvandervlugt

Co-Authors:

• Dr. Vanessa Lawrence CB

• Gilles Albaredes

• John Schonegevel

Inter-operable Geospatial Data

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Elevation

Positioning (geodetic)

Imagery

Adm. borders

Water

Transport

Buildings

Health

Etc.

Economy

Educational

attainment

Air quality

Population

Flood areas

.

Foundation Data Supplemental Data

The Economic Impact of

Geospatial Services

In the study “what is the economic impact of

Geo-services”, Oxera estimated the global

revenues generated by the geospatial

services in the year of 2012 to be $270Bn1

1. What is the economic impact of Geo services?

Prepared for Google, Oxera 2013

SDI’s are Coming of Age

National, Regional, Local, Organisational

No longer just academic

Core Business enabler

Reliable service levels, quality, currency

C-level is taking notice, and asking questions:

What is the ROI?

How do we stack up?

What are our targets?

Where is the evidence?

How are we progressing?

A Strategic Need for SDI Maturity Modeling

Assess current maturity (where are

we now?)

What do we aim for (final &

intermediate goals)?

Comparable

Repeatable

Measurable

Evidence-based

Underlying Concepts

Strategy Components Model

Capability Maturity Model (CMM)

Analysis

Strategy Components Model

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Albaredes,

John Schonegevel, Maurits van der Vlugt

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Organizational

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Organizational

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A Capability Maturity Levels Analysis

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Standards

Maturity Levels

Strategy Components

Level 1 - Ad Hoc Level 2 - Repeatable Level 3 - Defined Level 4 - Managed Level 5 - Optimized

Not coordinated or repeatable

Based on the previous successful methodology

Successful processes documented to guide consistent performance

Documented processes measured and analyzed

Defined & managed processes refined by ongoing process improvement activities

Geospatial Data & Metadata:

Internally focused Geospatial Data management

Emerging, peer-to-peer Geospatial Data sharing arrangements

Single-Point-Of-Truth principles

Foundation Geospatial Data published, shared and maintained

Ongoing monitoring and continuous improvement

Geospatial Data duplication

Some (meta) Geospatial Data publication

Foundation Geospatial Data Themes defined

All Geospatial Data published with compliant metadata

Growing spatial Geospatial Data and open Geospatial Data usage throughout community

Project-by-project Geospatial Data and metadata collection

Open Geospatial Data policies established

Open Geospatial Data policies implemented

Maturity level Framework

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Maturity level Framework

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Maturity LevelsStrategy Components

Level 1 - Ad Hoc Level 2 - Repeatable Level 3 - Defined Level 4 - Managed Level 5 - Optimized

Not coordinated or repeatable

Based on the previous successful methodology

Successful processes documented to guide consistent performance

Documented processes measured and analyzed

Defined & managed processes refined by ongoing process improvement activities

Organizational:

No inter organizational or No cross-government governance framework in place

Initial whole-of-government coordination initiatives

Whole-of-government governance structures established

Mandates and legal frameworks in place

Ongoing monitoring and continuous improvement

No standard operating procedures (SOPs) identified, compliance and tracking not consistent

Custodianship and stewardship principles defined

SOPs consistently tracked and verified

Formal custodianship and stewardship roles defined

Measuring ROI

and benefits

realization

Project-by-project funding

Some SOPs documented

Defined Strategy and Implementation Plan

Strategy Implemented, KPIs monitored

Case-by-case partnerships

Some whole-of-government funded initiatives

Whole-of-government investment plan

Business case driven investments

No market coordination or focus

Public-Private partnerships

Operational budget allocations

No successful initiative in Geospatial Data sharing

Sporadic

Geospatial Data

sharing

Inconsistent Geospatial Data sharing with elements of success

Geospatial Data sharing in place but still immature

Geospatial Data

sharing is

consistent, mature

and successful

Tried and Tested – an example from one country

47 Organizations visited

Interviewed more than 150+ People

39 completed Questionnaires

received

1000 Sample Datasets received

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Data Duplication

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Versions of ’truth’

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Albaredes,

John Schonegevel, Maurits van der Vlugt

Key Findings: Current Maturity Levels for a country

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Maturity Levels

Strategy Components

Level 1 - Ad Hoc Level 2 - Repeatable Level 3 - Defined Level 4 - Managed Level 5 - Optimized

Not coordinated or repeatable

Based on the previous successful methodology

Successful processes documented to guide consistent performance

Documented processes measured and analyzed

Defined and managed processes refined by ongoing process improvement activities

Data

Standards

People

Organizational

Technology

Maturity Level Development

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Once Maturity has been assessed, one can match one’s country or organization against ‘best practice’ from

other countries or organizations to see the impact of implementing a SDI

Maturity Levels

Strategy Components

Level 1 - Ad Hoc Level 2 - Repeatable Level 3 - Defined Level 4 - Managed Level 5 - Optimized

Data

Standards

People

Organizational

Technology

Best Practice Maturity Levels– Combined

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Also applied elsewhere, e.g. State Government

Now we have….

A defined, repeatable methodology

Consistent & Measurable

Evidence-based

Tried & Tested

So that we can….

Know where we are

Measured by 5 dimensions

Knowing how we ‘stack-up’

Set strategic goals & make plans

Credible & Realistic

Consistent with Best Practice

Costed Implementation Plans

Measure progress

Against goals

Comparative to others

THANK YOU

Presented by: Maurits van der Vlugt

Email: Maurits.vandervlugt@mercuryps.com.au

Twitter: @mvandervlugt

Co-Authors:

• Dr. Vanessa Lawrence CB

• Gilles Albaredes

• John Schonegevel