GIS Return on Investment
A URISA Certified workshop
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Half-Day Workshop Registration & fee required Continuing education units (CEUs): 0.4 GISCI educational achievement points: 0.1 |
Instructor Location |
| May 22, 2018 8:30pm–12:00pm |
Washington GIS 2018 Pre-Conference Workshop (register at the conference website) |
Overview
Determining the Return on Investment (ROI) for GIS can assist in securing support and funding for the project/program. Developing metrics to compare GIS implementation, operation, and maintenance costs with quantifiable benefits can be a daunting task. This workshop will present a method to accomplish this goal.
Audience
IT Directors/Managers, GIS Managers, decision makers and operational personnel responsible for quantifying return on investment.
Lectures and Facilitated Discussion Topics
- 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
Prerequisites and Recommendations
Participants will need to bring a laptop computer with spreadsheet capabilities to participate in hands-on exercises.
What You Will Receive
- 4 hours of instruction from our URISA-certified instructor who is a subject-matter expert and workshop author.
- Students who bring a laptop will receive a copy of the Excel ROI template described in the workshop.
- A copy of the workshop presentation and exercises.
- Upon completion, a signed completion certificate which will indicate the CEUs (0.4) and GISCI points (0.1) earned.
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