The benefits of GIS

An ROI approach

What is ROI?

ROI can be defined many ways however we use ROI as a generic term to indicate that a given investment will have a positive return to the organization. In our experience, ROI (however defined) alone doesn’t secure funding but the key is to build consensus and commitment across the organization, and to structure a program of work that will deliver tangible value that everyone believes in.

What is the ROI approach?

Our approach is:

• an end-to-end approach that is repeatable and supported by a set of templates and toolkits

• a highly participative that builds consensus and commitment at all levels of the organization part strategy planning and part quantified business case

• a pragmatic, step by step process that is repeatable and fully codified

• a methodology of incorporating a significant body of knowledge pertaining to business strategy, complex program planning, sourcing, organizational design and financial analysis.

What are the benefits?

• The ‘top-down’ and business led approach breaks down the silo’s associated with typical GIS implementations.

• You will be able to leverage existing investment in GIS technology, data or processes more fully to benefit your organization.

• It will establish strong stakeholder buy-in, commitment and understanding.

• It will enable further validation and refinement of the work already completed for existing GIS implementations.

• Organizations will achieve mutual agreement between senior business leaders of the potential opportunities for leveraging GIS.

• You will achieve a common understanding and prioritization, based on fact-based, benefits-focused metrics, of the business benefits.

• Create a defensible budget forecast and achievable roadmap for your Enterprise GIS Program.

This learn more about PA's approach to GIS, please contact us.