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Gerry Clancy Deepti Kochhar Esri Best Practices: How to Drive a Successful GIS Project
Gerry Clancy
Deepti Kochhar
Esri Best Practices: How to Drive a
Successful GIS Project
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What is your primary role
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Technical Lead
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What makes a Successful Project?
Global FoundationGeospatial Management (FGM)
NGA
Predicted Non-Responseto Mail Out Census
US Census BureauDistrict of Columbia
Sustainable Development Goals
Ordnance Survey IrelandIreland
Community Engagement
Los Angeles GeoHubCalifornia
Homeland Infrastructure Foundation-Level Data (HIFLD)
Ebola Response
International Medical CorpsAfrica
Hurricane Michael
FEMAFlorida
Hurricane Michael
NOAA NESDISSoutheast US
Citizen ScienceBird Observation
Audubon SocietyNew York
California Wildfires
NASA
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Project Management is Both Science and Art
It is science in that it relies on proven and repeatable processes and techniques to
achieve project success.
It is an art because it also involves managing and relating to people and requires the
project manager to apply intuitive skills in situations that are totally unique for each
project.
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…to Maximize Impact
How to drive a successful project….
Revisit
ActUnderstand Plan
Prepare1 Implement2
Operate3Review4
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Successful GIS Projects
Clear Business focus
Agile approach
Solid Requirements gathering
The right team
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Do you UNDERSTAND the business objectives?
What
WhoWhy
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Do you UNDERSTAND the business objectives?
• What is the mission of my organization?
• What are my business goals and objectives?
• What business problem am I solving?
• What will change in my organization?
• What are the organization priorities?
What?
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Do you UNDERSTAND the business objectives?
• Who is the executive sponsor/champion?
• Who are the other key stakeholders
• Who is providing the Funding $$?
• Who is going to be impacted?
Who?
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Do you UNDERSTAND the business objectives?
• Why are we building this new system/app?
• Why are we building it Now?
• Why do we need to change?
• Why are we doing this?
• How can I be successful?
Why?
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Business drives priorities…
Stay focused on the business priorities
What are the use cases that impact the business the most?
Keep reviewing the top 3-10 priorities
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…to Maximize Impact
How to drive a successful project….
Revisit
ActUnderstand Plan
Prepare1 Implement2
Operate3Review4
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Do you have a Geospatial
Strategy?
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Do you have a Geospatial
Strategy?
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Nohttps://swipe.to/7572pq
…to Maximize Impact
How to drive a successful project….
Revisit
ActUnderstand Plan
Prepare1 Implement2
Operate3Review4
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Right Approach – Agile
• Planning is a team sport
• Clearly define roles and responsibilities
• Define a methodology and establish a project
rhythm
• Avoid unrealistic schedules
• Process for monitoring team performance
• Risk management plan
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Plan for Success – Smart Planning
• Planning is a team sport
• Clearly define roles and responsibilities
• Define a methodology and establish a project
rhythm
• Avoid unrealistic schedules
• Process for monitoring team performance
• Risk management plan
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Do you adopt an agile
approach?
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Nohttps://swipe.to/7572pq
Stay focused on what is important…
Often20%
Infrequently30%
Hardly Ever50%
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…to Maximize Impact
How to drive a successful project….
Revisit
ActUnderstand Plan
Prepare1 Implement2
Operate3Review4
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Requirements, Requirements, RequirementsBuild the most important things first – use an agile approach
TasksWorking
Increment
Sprint Cycle
<30 Days
Daily
Review
Sprint Plan / Backlog
User Story
#3
User Story
#2
User Story
#1
Product Backlog
Requirements• Who is it for?
• What is the result?
• Why is it needed?
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Requirements, Requirements, RequirementsBuild the most important things first – use an agile approach
Model business workflow
Perform gap analysis
Move from general to specific
WHAT not HOW
Define Implementation Plan
Provide Traceability
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Technology Data Process
PEOPLE
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Right Team and Good PeopleThe key ingredient for project success
• Requires people with the right technical skills
• Set a team structure and project cadence
• Team members in the correct roles
• Clear ownership and authority
• Decision makers
• Will align to your methodology
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Right Team with Skills
Right Team Right Skills
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Successful GIS Projects
Clear Business focus
Agile approach
Solid Requirements gathering
The right team
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Related Technical Workshops @ the Fed Conference 2020
Session Date/Time Room
Introduction to Geospatial Strategy Tuesday 1:45 – 2:15 PM Expo: Spotlight
Theatre
Evangelizing GIS in your Organization Tuesday 3:00-3:30 PM Expo: Spotlight
Theatre
Get the C-Suite’s Attention with Strategic
Workforce Planning Tuesday 3:00-4:00 PM 150B
Getting Started with Geospatial Strategy Tuesday 4:15-5:15 PM 150B
The Strategic Impact of a Training Plan Tuesday 4:15-5:15 PM Expo: Spotlight
Theatre
How to Run an AGILE project Wednesday 8:30-9:30 AM 150B
Geospatial Strategy: Panel Session Wednesday 11–12 PM 150B
Helping the Workforce Survive and Thrive in
Times of Technology Change
Wednesday 1:30–2:30 PM 150B
Workforce Development Planning in Three
Simple Steps
Wednesday 2:45–3:45 PM 150B
Additional Resources
• Software Requirements (3rd Edition) by Karl Wiegers, Microsoft Press, 2013
• Agile and Iterative Development: A Managers Guide by Craig Larman, 2004
• The One-Page Project Manager: Communicate and Manage Any Project With a Single
Sheet of Paper by Clark A Campbell, 2006
• Applying UML and Patterns (2nd Edition) by Craig Larman, Prentice-Hall, 2001
• Use Case Driven Object Modeling with UML by Doug Rosenberg and Matt Stephens,
Apress, 2008
• Agile Development with ICONIX Process by Doug Rosenberg, Matt Stephens, and Mark
Collins, Apress, 2005
• iconixsw.com
• Software Project Survival Guide by Steve McConnell, Microsoft Press, 1997
• Writing Effective Use Cases by Alistair Cockburn, Addison-Wesley, 2001
• The Standish Group – standishgroup.com
Additional Resources
https://www.productplan.com/glossary/agile-framework/
http://www.scaledagileframework.com/
https://www.prosci.com/
http://www.iconixsw.com/
http://www.pmi.org/
http://www.thoughtworks.com/insights
https://scrumalliance.org/
Additional Resources
https://community.esri.com/
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