Statewide Geospatial Maturity Assessment (GMA) Model MISSION: To create a common, credible assessment methodology to routinely and continuously monitor and validate statewide geospatial capabilities VISION: The results of the Annual state Geospatial Maturity Assessments will guide state geospatial investment prioritizations. National compilations are created for national context, visualization and prioritization Research by the Georgia Tech Research Institute. Principal Investigator: Danielle Ayan, GISP. Facilitated through the National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC). Co-Chaired by Ed Arabas (OR) and Michael Ouimet (Booz | Allen | Hamilton). Sponsored by the Department of Interior (DOI) Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC).

1. NSGIC Statewide Geospatial
Maturity Assessment (GMA)
Model

2. Problems a GMA Solves
• How well the state is doing vs what the state is
doing
• State to state comparisons; national
compilation
• More objective reporting
• Platform for communication and planning

3. What Are We Talking About?
• Measures maturity of 7 sections and related
sub-items:
– People (e.g., GIO, etc.)
– Data (e.g., elevation status)
– Processes (e.g., enterprise GIS)
– Policy (e.g., intergovernmental coordination)
– Strategy (e.g., portfolio mgmt)
– Technology (e.g., maps for critical issues)
– Legal (e.g., public record laws)
Software Engineering Institute categories

4. What are we talking about?
• Enhance existing NSGIC State Summaries …
FABRICATED results; For conceptual purposes only.

5. What are we talking about?
• … into national compilation + metric cards.
• Tiered, more defensible
FABRICATED results; For conceptual purposes only.

6. GMA Mission/Vision
• Mission:
– To create a common, credible assessment
methodology to routinely and continuously monitor
and validate statewide geospatial capabilities
• Vision:
– The results of the Annual state Geospatial Maturity
Assessments will guide state geospatial investment
prioritizations. National compilations are created for
national context, visualization and prioritization

7. What is a Maturity Model?
• A structured collection of elements that
describe certain aspects of evolution in an
organization
• A maturity model can be used as a benchmark
for assessing different organizations for
equivalent comparison*
* Wikipedia

8. Other “Assessment” Initiatives
• The NSGIC Statewide GMA (included herein)
• FGDC Lifecycle Management Work Group
• COGO NSDI Report Card
• URISA International GIS Capabilities Maturity
Model (GISCMM)

9. GMA Intentions
• Model for all states (next generation State
Summaries)
– Supports NGAC NSDI Metrics Paper + Fifty States Initiative
– Integrates with State Summaries (Next Gen)
– Scalable/adaptable
• Base for metrics and/or actionable items for each
item or category
• Framework for regional/local governments to
leverage
• National compilation

10. History & Evolution of NSGIC State
Summaries
• 1992-2003: State written reports
• 2004-2005: Reports based on coordination
criteria
• 2006: Online survey (SurveyMonkey)
• 2007-2009: Online survey (GISInventory)
• 2010: Beta GMA (still evolving)

11. Future Vision
• Statewide GMA becomes compilation of URISA
GISCMMs
• Feed/validate COGO NSDI Report Card GMA Data
section or visa-versa
• GMAs inform GeoLOB Life Cycle Metrics or visa-versa
• Variety of outputs:
– (Defensible) Dashboard that can be viewed from National
to Local level
– Reports that categorize information as needed

12. Possibilities for Grant Option Year 2
• Documentation/Training on GMA items
• “Metric Cards” to support pertinent GMA item(s)

13. Questions/Comments/Concerns
• USGS Grant Principal Investigator (PI)
• NSGIC GMA Work Group Chair + Board Member
• Acknowledgements
– DOI/USGS/FGDC
– Work Group Co-Chairs: Michael Ouimet, BAH | Ed Arabas, OR
– Former 2-term Governor of Wyoming, Jim Geringer | Pat Cummens, ESRI
– 2008 – 2010 NSGIC Technical Issues Committee + GMA Work Group members
– 2007 - 2010 NSGIC Members and Executives including William Burgess, Zsolt Nagy, Shelby Johnson,
Cy Smith, Ed Arabas
– Friends and members of the Georgia GIS Coordinating Committee (GISCC)
– Robert Woodruff and Charlie Sasser of the Georgia Technology Authority (GTA)
– Bruce Oswald, Sewell & Associates
– Dr. Rich Clark, UGA

14. NSGIC
• The National States Geographic Information
Council (NSGIC) is an organization committed
to efficient and effective government through
the prudent adoption of geospatial
information technologies.
• http://www.nsgic.org