1. Enterprise Architecture
City of Charlotte
Enterprise Architecture
Geospatial Profile Meeting
May 11, 2005
US EPA – Washington DC
Twyla McDermott
City of Charlotte, NC

2. Proposed Use Cases
US Bureau of Census – TIGER/Boundary & Annexation Survey
DHS – Regional Interoperability
EPA – Critical Assets

3. Charlotte, North Carolina
Cost of living below the national average
Average of 534 airline flights daily
286 Fortune 500 firms represented
11,761 new jobs for 2004
Population (2005) : 632,760
1st most popular move destination
1st America's most livable communities
1st economic strength ranking
2nd largest banking center
3rd best city for corporate headquarters
3rd best metro area for business location
5th in number of Fortune headquarter co.
5th largest urban region
6th largest wholesale center in the U.S.
7th best city for business development
7th highest new & expanded business activity
7th largest University Research Park
9th best city for entrepreneurship
17th most active airport in the country
19th best real estate market
21st largest city

5. EA Status Strategic Technology Planning Practice
Bi-Annual and As-Needed Processes
Technology Governance Structure
Technology Vision, Principles & Strategic Themes
Corporate Strategy Alignment
EA Software Tool: iServer (Orbus)
Business Unit Services Documented
To-Be Business Processes: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Utilities GIS Foundation Project
Citywide Strategic Planning Underway

6. Principles: City Technology Investment Guidelines
Leverage Existing Technology
Buy Before Build
Drive Technology with Business Strategy
Adopt and Employ Standards
Account for Technology Training/Learning/Skills
Manage the Architecture
Measure Technology Proposals & Make Collaborative Investments
Ensure Security
Account for Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity Needs

8. EA Governance Technology Management Team
Organizational Priorities Sub-Cabinet
Direction & Approval
Technology Management Team
Discussion & Recommendation
Issue Identification & Resolution
Data Architecture Team
Application Architecture Team
Technology Platform Architecture Team

10. Citizen Service
Performance
Measurement
Technology Alignment

11. Phases of EA Planning Optimization Leverage PERFORMANCE LEVELS
Late FY05??
Detailed Inventory
June 2005
PERFORMANCE LEVELS
Direction
Today
Alignment
July 2004
Visibility

12. Direction: 2005 Citywide STP
Steering
Committee
KBUs
Tech
Focus Area
Groups
TMT
Focus Area
Groups
TMT
Focus Area
Groups
Implementation
TMT
Strategy & Investment
Team
TMT
Strategy & Investment
Team
Completed
Citywide
STP
Draft & Review Cycles
Draft
Citywide STP
Org Priorities
Executive
Sub-Cabinet
Manager’s
Cabinet
TMT

13. Citywide Strategic Technology Plan
12 Technology Focus Groups
FY06 Budget Requests
Capture Future Environment
10/12 have Geospatial relationship
Business Units: Current and Future Investments

14. Geospatial Architecture
GIS Strategic Plan (2002)
Governance, Data, Applications, Technology Platform, Budget, User Training & Support
Documented in Visio, Access and other office productivity tools
Technology Platform: Communications Asset (geo)database
Initial, detailed technology architecture
CMU GIS Foundation Project

15. EA & GIS Governance Application Data Technology Platform
Architecture
Governance
Business
Current Systems
Application
Virtual Map Book
Technology Management Team (TMT)
GIS Enterprise Team (GET)
Data
Spatial Data Warehouse, Enterprise GIS Data Model
Data & Infrastructure Committee
Technology Platform
Development & Production Servers, SANS, SQL/Server, ArcSDE, ArcIMS
Strategy & Implementation
Principles

16. Spatial Data Warehouse
History
Raster
Spatial Data Warehouse
Land Use &
Land Cover
Boundaries
Environment
Geographic Names
Hydrography
Cadastral
Emergency Response
Transportation
Capital Investment Plan
Census
Structures & Critical Infrastructure
Health
Geodetic Control
Utilities

18. Process Modeling Focuses on The Use and Maintenance of GIS Data
Field Work that Changes the Utility Infrastructure Must be Reflected in GIS

19. City Service Areas
(By County)
Transit – 7 Counties
Fire – 14 Counties
Police – 11 Counties
Transportation – 11 Counties

20. Regional Strategies: Charlotte Metropolitan Region
Economic Development
Regional Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy
Charlotte Regional Partnership
Public Safety and Homeland Security
Regional Radio Interoperability
Standards Initiative for Regional Preparedness
Transportation
Regional Travel Demand Model
Charlotte Area Transit System
Environment
Open Space Planning
Regional Vulnerability Assessment (ReVA)
Sustainable Environment for Quality of Life (SEQL)
Planning Coordination
Regional Planning Alliance
Councils of Governments

21. Regional GIS Framework
To provide the organizational, technical and operational structure for sharing the most current and accurate standards-based geospatial data to support citizen service and regional strategies.

22. Strategic Linkages: State and Federal
State of North Carolina
NC OneMap
Geographic Information Coordinating Council (GICC)
State of South Carolina
Statewide Mapping Advisory Committee
Federal
Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC)
Future Directions Program: Urban Areas Work Group (City of Charlotte)
Content Standards (Mecklenburg County)
Geospatial Enterprise Architecture (City of Charlotte)
Geospatial One-Stop
The National Map

23. Strategy Components Governance Business Plan
Organizational Structure
Data Sharing Policies
Business Plan
Business Case
Financial Plan
Marketing & Communications
Messages, Branding & Outreach
Technology Architecture Plan
Prioritized Framework Data
Existing, Future Environments
Gap Analysis

24. Steering Committee Representation
AGENCIES
DISCIPLINE
Federal Geographic Data Committee
NC Center for Geographic Information &
Analysis
USGS

25. Shaping the NSDI Federal Reference Models, Standards, Funding
State Standards
Regional Business Needs
Regional Strategy
Shaping the
NSDI
Local Business Needs

26. Enterprise Architecture
City of Charlotte
Enterprise Architecture
GIS Charlotte…More Than Maps