Briefing to the National Geospatial Advisory Committee by Greg Babinski, September, 22, 2010.

1. National Geospatial Advisory Committee
THE URISA DRAFT MUNICIPAL GIS CAPABILITY MATURITY MODEL
Briefing Summary - September 22, 2010
Greg Babinski, GISP
King County GIS Center, Finance & Marketing Manager
URISA Treasurer
Description
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
Development of the GISCMM
 Originated as a personal academic exercise supported by the KCGIS Center and its strong
performance management/measurement culture
 Built upon familiarity with the SEI CMM
 Development coincided with the NSGIC GMA
Development History
 Developed in 2009 and completed by 31 Washington State cities and counties
 Presented at Washington and Oregon GIS conferences and at 2009 URISA AC
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
 Provides potential to deliver metrics on local agency progress developing/maintaining NSDI
Who is Involved
 Liaison with NSGIC GMA Committee
 URISA BOD
Current Status
Current Activity
 Used to inform State of Georgia geospatial capacity survey
 Being translated into Mandarin for use by Taiwan GIS Center & the Taiwan GIS Society
 Half day workshop at GIS-Pro in Orlando next week
Next Steps Under Consideration
 Future URISA involvement
 Revisions/additions to the draft model
 Development of an approach similar to the Green Building Council LEED Certification
 Appropriate role informing the NSGIC GMA and the COGO Geospatial Infrastructure Report
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