GIS Return on Investment
Determining the Return on Investment (ROI) for GIS can assist in securing support and funding for the project/program. Developing the metrics for comparing the costs associated with the implementation, operation and maintenance verses identifying and quantifying the benefits can be a daunting task. This workshop will present a method to accomplish this goal.
Lectures/Facilitated Discussion
Types of Benefit Cost Studies
What are we measuring?
Costs
Benefits
Categorizing the results
Hands-on Exercises
Identifying and documenting costs
Identifying and measuring benefits
Putting it together
Note: Participants will need to bring a laptop computer with spreadsheet capabilities to participate in hands-on exercises.Intended Audience: IT Directors/Managers, GIS Managers, decision makers and operational personnel responsible for quantifying return on investment.
Intended Audience: IT Directors/Managers, GIS Managers, decision makers and operational personnel responsible for quantifying return on investment.
Determining the Return on Investment (ROI) for GIS can assist in securing support and funding for the project/program. Developing the metrics for comparing the costs associated with the implementation, operation and maintenance verses identifying and quantifying the benefits can be a daunting task. This workshop will present a method to accomplish this goal.
Lectures/Facilitated Discussion
- Types of Benefit Cost Studies
- What are we measuring?
- Costs
- Benefits
- Categorizing the results
Hands-on Exercises
- Identifying and documenting costs
- Identifying and measuring benefits
- Putting it together
Note: Participants will need to bring a laptop computer with spreadsheet capabilities to participate in hands-on exercises.
Intended Audience: IT Directors/Managers, GIS Managers, decision makers and operational personnel responsible for quantifying return on investment.
