Course Overview
Covers GIS project management, GIS integration with external systems, data acquisition and conversion issues, training issues and spatial data management.
Prerequisite(s)
- 50% in GIST 6100† († may be taken concurrently)
Credits
3.0
- Retired
- This course has been retired and is no longer offered. Find other Flexible Learning courses that may interest you.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, the student will be able to:
- Describe how organizations develop a strategy and justification for implementing GIS. Specific skills include: identifying motivating factors and developing a list of benefits for a business case.
- Describe how organizations plan and execute a GIS implementation project. Specific skills include: scope definition, development of an implementation plan, effort and cost estimates, defining a team structure, developing a technical architecture, identifying project risks, and explain the pitfalls typically encountered in the implementation of an information system like GIS.
- Describe how organizations maintain a GIS facility. Specific skills include: determine the structure and location of the support organization, identifying maintenance procedures to maintain, and developing user and technical manuals, and the use of meta-data.
Effective as of Fall 2003
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