Transcript Shared Services for Geospatial

Shared Services for Geospatial
Lew Sanford Jr.
Senior Adviser & Enterprise Architect
Social Security Administration
October 8, 2014
Business Challenge
• Multiple Component/business lines using nine
different software products
• No common use of data
• No coordinated use or agreements on base
maps or standards
• Delivery of maps to the Commissioner about
the same issues – but with different answers!
Architected Governance
• Charter a work group of interested parties at
the enterprise level responsible to the Chief
Architect
• Analyze existing investments in hardware and
software
• Conduct an internal market survey to match
requirements to software with all parties
• Formulate a formal GIS Architecture for the
agency with agreement of all parties.
Plan process
Workflow for geodata governance
New map
layer, standard
or dataset
proposed
Requestor
propose to GIS
Governance
Accept,
Study
or
Reject?
Data Owner
& Stewart
identified
• Buy or build?
• Funded?
Return to requestor
Add to
standards,
source
selection or
post to
central
ArcGIS
repository
Workflow for geodata creation
New map layer
or dataset
accepted
Develop new
map layer &
classify
public or
limited use
Submit for GIS
Publisher
Review &
Acceptance
Return to developer
Accept?
Submit or Post
to file-share
via GIS Admin
Place in
folder (on
intranet
only)
•
•
Public folder
Component folder
Establish implementation approach
• Break the model of IT fix by placing the
Geospatial Architecture WG in charge
• Establish two key subteams
– Map developers team
– Technical implementation team
• Have these cross-component, cross functional
teams report to GAWG and any tie-breaker
issues go to the Chief Architect.
Focus on data access + standards
Lessons learned
• Governance is hard and it takes time
• Must define roles for each aspect of the GIS
operation (GIS Admin, Application view, Data
view, Map services – common & business only
• Must push the geospatial architecture and
adopt an approach of continuous
improvement
• Maintain transparency & communications
Questions?