GITA Conference 30: ROI/Business Case Sessions

This presentation will examine the ROI of mobile solutions. The ROI will be broken out by the various steps in the mobile workflow. Discussions will cover mobile hardware, GPS, and communications as well as steps needed to ensure a successful deployment. Case studies of successful mobile deployments will be examined.
Copresenter: Michael Baker, Intergraph Corporation

9:00–9:45 a.m.
Show Me the Money! Developing an IT Business Case
Anthony M. DiMarco, Consultant
Track: ROI/Business Case
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Learning Objectives:

Learn about the key elements of a business case.
Understand how to quantify costs and benefits.
Discover how to present typical justification metrics.

Most IT professionals are passionate technologists who happen to work in a business setting. Most senior managers, who control spending and budgets and investments in technology, are business decision-makers who have no particular emotional attachment to technology. How do these two groups communicate and get what they need? This presentation will guide the audience through several proven approaches to developing business cases for information system projects, including upgrades and new system initiatives.

9:00–9:45 a.m.
AWWArf/GITA ROI Case Study—Cleveland Enterprisewide GIS
David W. Dennis, PE, PMP, City of Cleveland
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Learning Objectives:

Learn how return on investment (ROI) analysis can be performed on GIS application implementation.
Learn how a multi-department ROI can more effectively cost justify a technology intitive.
Learn how “snapshot in time” analysis can assist in cost justify projects at key decision points.

The City of Cleveland is implementing one of the largest enterprisewide GIS programs in the United States.The GIS will be used to document and manage data for the city’s water, sewer, and electric utility assets and provide basic GIS functionality to all city departments.This case study was a snapshot in time of projected project returns and is designed to demonstrate a methodology of cost justifying continued funding of the city’s GIS program at key decision points.

10:00–10:45 a.m.
A How-to Guide & Case Study: Fostering Business Ownership, Building Consensus, and Getting Budget for a GIS Initiative
Ross Smith, PA Consulting Group
Track: ROI/Business Case
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Learning Objectives:

Learn how to foster ownership for GIS initiatives across the business.
Discover how to build consensus on GIS direction and investment decisions.
Understand how to secure budget for GIS initatives year-on-year.

Engineering professionals understand the benefits that GIS technology can bring, but often struggle to realize the full benefits within their own department or in the wider business community. This creates challenges for securing budget and executive support year on year for enterprise-level GIS initiatives. This paper provides a how-to guide on ways GIS professionals can overcome this challenge.
Copresenter: Chris Steel, PA Consulting Group

11:00–11:45 a.m.
AWWArf/GITA ROI Case Study—WA-Trans: Washington State Transportation Framework for GIS Data Sharing Project
Tami Griffin,Washington State Department of Transportation Geographic Services Office
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Learning Objectives:

Learn how coordination and collaboration can work in a large multi-agency project.
Learn how return on investment (ROI) analysis can be performed on a large GIS application implementation.
Learn how a multi-agency can use ROI results to make a business case for funding.

This presentation will address coordination and collaboration in a large multi-agency project. Washington State DOT was able to leverage relationships with federal, state, regional, and municipal agencies to provide a common transportation network for the state—emphasizing respect for individual business needs and usability of ROI results to make the business case for funding. Strategic and long-term benefits will be discussed as well as measurable and more immediate benefits.

1:00–1:45 p.m.
AWWArf/GITA ROI Case Study—Geospatial Data Sharing Pays Off: ADAPT—Automated Drawing and Preparation Tool
Jeff Marsh, EPCOR Utilities Inc.
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Learning Objectives:

Learn how good data standards make your information more valuable.
Examine on example of leveraging GIS data to improve workflows.
Discover how a good GIS data foundation is key to maximizing ROI.

For more than 25 years, utilities in the City of Edmonton and their partners have been sharing geospatial data. EPCOR Utilities Inc. has been part of this unique geospatial data-sharing arrangement since its inception. Over the years, more applications were added to take advantage of the detailed geospatial information. An example of this is an application that automated the merging of GIS data layers and the addition of standard notes to create initial construction drawings. This presentation will detail the technical process of how EPCOR was able to leverage the shared information to realize an immediate return on investment.

Wednesday, March 7, 2007

8:00–8:45 a.m.
Phase Projects and ROI
Francisco Sarmento, Progress Energy
Track: ROI/Business Case
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Learning Objectives:

Understand distinct project approaches.
Learn the importance of ROI on phased projects.
Learn the distinction of hard and soft benefits.

This presentation will cover the AM/FM/GIS project currently being implemented at Progress Energy to upgrade and consolidate the current applications. It will present a brief history of the project, and it will present the phased project methodology and the importance of a solid ROI on the business case. The presentation will also cover hard and soft benefits and how they influenced the ROI.

11:00–11:45 a.m.
AwwaRF/GITA ROI Case Study—Building a GIS Business Case That Delivers—Twice
Dan Shannon, TELUS Geomatics
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Learning Objectives:

Examine how justification for funding was prepared.
Look at some of the challenges in managing a GIS project in anticipation of a post implementation review.
Learn how AwwaRF/GITA ROI study investigations showed achieved ROI after the fact.

In 2002 TELUS Corporation had just merged two provincial ILECs into one national company. Engineering needed to integrate systems and practices in order to survive imminent downsizing. The challenge was to secure funding for such an expensive initiative at a time of fierce competition for capital. Could a business case be built that identified benefits radical enough to attract support yet still deliver on its promises? GITA’s ROI Case Study investigations reveal just what was achieved.

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