National Geospatial Advisory Committee URISA Draft Municipal GIS Capability Maturity Model September 22, 2010 Greg Babinski, GISP King County GIS Center Finance & Marketing Manager URISA Treasurer
URISA Municipal GIS Capability Maturity Model Background City & County GIS operations vary in their success, level of development & capability Municipal GIS operations are lean and compete for scarce resources A means of cost-effective municipal GIS maturity assessment is lacking
URISA Municipal GIS Capability Maturity Model Development of the GISCMM Originated as a personal academic exercise supported by the KCGIS Center and King County’s strong performance management/measurement culture Built upon familiarity with the SEI CMM Development coincided with the NSGIC GMA
URISA Municipal GIS Capability Maturity Model Development History Developed in 2009 and completed by 31 Washington State cities and counties Presented at Washington and Oregon GIS conferences and at the 2009 URISA AC Recent discussions with the Taiwan GIS Center and Taiwan GIS Society
URISA Municipal GIS Capability Maturity Model Municipal GIS Capability Maturity Model Overview Combines typical CMM process focus with infrastructure status assessment Current draft GISCMM based on self assessment 21 enabling capability components focus on data, technology, infrastructure, staff, funding, etc. 14 execution ability components focus on staff processes
NGAC Governance Subcommittee Metrics Whitepaper The GISCMM provides potential to deliver metrics on local agency progress towards developing/maintaining NSDI
Who is Involved King County Liaison with NSGIC GMA Committee URISA BOD
Current Activity Used to inform State of Georgia geospatial capacity survey Being translated into Mandarin for use by the Taiwan GIS Center & the Taiwan GIS Society Half day workshop at GIS-Pro in Orlando next week
Next Steps Under Consideration Future URISA involvement TBD Revisions/additions to the draft model Development of an approach similar to the Green Building Council LEED Certification program Appropriate role informing the NSGIC GMA and the COGO Geospatial Infrastructure Report Card
Questions? Greg Babinski, GISP King County GIS Center URISA