A Nation wide GIS Training Project

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A Nation wide GIS Training Project Background,
Scope, Tasks, Project Organisation and
Performance
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Performance
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The Three Phases
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Phase 1

• To meet the politicians and senior officials
• One day seminars within each county different
  performance - feed back meetings
• 12 queries about GIS
• The benefit of utilising GIS
• How to manage a GIS effort
• How to use whats already done
• To initiate the local development process
• Initiate the creation of a GIS strategy
• Identify key persons
• Get along from where you are dont necessarily
  start at box No 1
• Create a local plan for GIS activities
• Plan for comprehensive GIS training

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Phase 1 (contd.)

• To cooperate
• The regional GIS association
• Universities and colleges
• Between two or more cities
• Lessons learned
• Information material
• Centrally produced
• Published on internet for wide use
• Centrally executed lecturer training
• Central lecturer pool

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Phase 1
Costs Benefits
Quicker Pay back
Develope systematically
Technical solutions
Killer apps
Vision
Contents...
What is GIS?
Coordination standards
Why GIS?
Endurance
Test apps
How to continue
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Phase 2

• Skills to establish GIS GIO training
• Create regional human networks
• Prepare Phase 3
• Start (initiate) local implementation processes

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Phase 2 (contd.)

• Target Group
• GIOs
• Members of human GIS networks
• GIS enthusiasts and key persons

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Phase 2 (contd.)

• The GIO (Geographic Information Officer) who is
  that?
• The coordinator of the GIS-activities
• Transforms stategic visions to working
  applications
• Masters GIS projects
• Monitors the technical development and whats
  going on
• Is the GIS teacher (lecturer) and informer
• Represents the organisation externally concerning
  GIS issues
• Is responsible for enterprisewide applications
  and data
• Proposes GIS activities
• Reports to the general management
• Is the master of the human GIS network

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Phase 2 (contd.)

• The GIO has
• IT-knowledge focusing on GIS
• Knowledge about geo data base management
• Knowledge about the own organisation and its
  activities
• Knowledge about project and strategy work
• Knowledge about activity and information analysis
  processes
• Good teaching and information skills
• Knowledge about project economy and investment
  analysis
• Knowledge about legal aspects concerning GIS
• Basic map skills
• Understanding about the strategic importance of
  the information within the own organisation
• A personal network within the GIS domain

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Phase 2 (contd.)

• The GIO is
• Enthusiastic and inspiring
• A good coach
• As good comunicating with the general management
  as with the end users
• Result oriented
• Structured
• A good organiser
• Flexible
• Interested in the options of technology
• A good teacher
• Creative
• A good member of a personal network

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Phase 2 (contd.)

• Objectives for Phase 2
• Comprehensive knowledge about GIS
• Skill as GIS Implementation project manager
• Skill as a good teacher
• Knowledge about data and data management
• Ability to be a GIS purchaser

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Phase 2 (contd.)

• Education seminars
• Initial seminar in conjunction with the end of
  Phase 1
• Three segments with, in total, 16 topics
• Strategies and planning
• Implementing GIS
• Running and maintaining GIS
• 11 seminar days period of 6 months
• 5 weeks GIS class at a univeristy college

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Phase 2 (contd.)

• Segment Strategies and planning
• To create and establish a GIS strategy (1 day)
• To establish a human GIS network (1/2 day)
• To transform the GIS strategy to action plans and
  activity programs (1 day)
• The activity analysis (1/2 day)
• GIS economy (1/2 day)

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Phase 2 (contd.)

• Segment implementing GIS
• To train the own organisation (1/2 day)
• To create basic geo data sets (1 day)
• Activities in a GIS project (1/2 day)
• To inform about development of GIS within the own
  organisation (1/2 day)
• To manage an implementation project (1/2 day)

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Phase 2 (contd.)

• Segment Running and maintaining GIS
• Standards affecting GIS (1/2 day)
• PilotGIS de facto-standard for societal planning
  (1 day)
• Data provision and data management (1 day)
• Technical platforms (1 day)
• GIS on Internet and Intranet (1/2 day)
• Legal aspects on GIS (1/2 day)

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Phase 2 (contd.)

• Training material produced by 10 authors all
  GIS experts management focused
• Topic text (15 25 pages) OH-slides, teachers
  manual, training cases, litterature reference
  list
• Published on internet (website), possible to
  download and print

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Task to the regions concerning Phase 2

• Identify the target group deploy individuals
• Establish cooperation teams
• Prepare and execute the training seminars
• Put priority on the GIS univeristy class training
  
• Create networks for the continued efforts
• Give additional information to politicians and
  senior officials
• Coordinate planning for Phase 3
• Initiate local implementation processes

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Local implementation processes

• A draft to a GIS strategy
• Ensure support from the top management
• Establish a GIS network
• Prepare for Phase 3
• Create education programs
• Purchase GIS software
• Create a data provision concept

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Phase 3

• Objectives
• Basic GIS knowledge
• Knowledge about how GIS can be utilised within
  the own organisation
• Knowledge about the local GIS organisation
• Knowledge about geographic data and data use
• Basic skill to use GIS

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Components in Phase 3
Locally pro-duced mate-rial
GIS strategy Training plan
Basic GIS training course
GIOs and inter-nal instructors
16 training course components
12 queries about GIS
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Phase 3 (contd.)

• Local Training planning
• Identify target groups
• Investigate the need for training and status of
  existing skills
• Streamline the training to the specific
  organisational needs
• Do the training
• Ensure funding

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Tasks to the regions concerning Phase 3

• Be encouraging
• Support the small cities
• Coordinate local training activities
• Take responsibility for funding local training
  activities
• Monitor and collect feed back

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Internet-concept
Viewer Thematic maps
GIS trial apps
www. lst.se/ strategis
Training documentation
Killer apps
www-links
Discussion forum
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What is OGIS ?
StrateGIS

• An easy-to use GIS viewer. Basicly developed for
  users
• within the regional government. Has proved to
  reduce the process time for dealing with
  different tasks. Can be used for viewing maps
  with huge amounts of data.

• Proved Cost/benefit 14
• Web-klient, developed in MapObjects/VisualBasic
• Presently used by 17 regional govenments
• Support, marketing, development ESRI
  Sweden/LandFocus

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One test application on internet
StrateGIS
SwedeFacts statistics on map (http//www.swedefac
ts.com)
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Information
www.lst.se/strategis