GIS Capability Maturity Model released by URISA GIS Management Institute

11 October 2013 Geoff Zeiss

The GIS Management Institute (GMI) has published the URISA GIS Capability Maturity Model (GISMM).
The URISA GISCMM is designed to assist enterprises to assess the state of their GIS and the maturity level of their business processes, which will help them prioritize future development of their GIS and improvements to their business processes. 

In 2009 a first version of a GIS Capability Maturity Model (GISMM) developed by Greg Babinski and modeled on the Capability Maturity Model (CMM) of the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) was adopted as a URISA Initiative. The folowing year URISA decided to develop a Geospatial Management Competency Model.  It decided to include the GISCMM as part of that effort. In 2011 there was a day long GIS Managers task force on the GISMM at the 2011 Washington GIS Conference.

In 2012 URISA’s new GIS Management Institute (GMI) took responsibility for the GISMM. The GMI reviewed and revised the GISCMM based on the 2011 GIS Managers task force and on its own recommendations. In April 2013 the revised GISCMM was published for international peer review. The feedback was incorporated into the GISMM. The GMI committee unanimously endorsed the GISMM in September.

Geoff Zeiss

Geoff Zeiss

Geoff Zeiss has more than 20 years experience in the geospatial software industry and 15 years experience developing enterprise geospatial solutions for the utilities, communications, and public works industries. His particular interests include the convergence of BIM, CAD, geospatial, and 3D. In recognition of his efforts to evangelize geospatial in vertical industries such as utilities and construction, Geoff received the Geospatial Ambassador Award at Geospatial World Forum 2014. Currently Geoff is Principal at Between the Poles, a thought leadership consulting firm. From 2001 to 2012 Geoff was Director of Utility Industry Program at Autodesk Inc, where he was responsible for thought leadership for the utility industry program. From 1999 to 2001 he was Director of Enterprise Software Development at Autodesk. He received one of ten annual global technology awards in 2004 from Oracle Corporation for technical innovation and leadership in the use of Oracle. Prior to Autodesk Geoff was Director of Product Development at VISION* Solutions. VISION* Solutions is credited with pioneering relational spatial data management, CAD/GIS integration, and long transactions (data versioning) in the utility, communications, and public works industries. Geoff is a frequent speaker at geospatial and utility events around the world including Geospatial World Forum, Where 2.0, MundoGeo Connect (Brazil), Middle East Spatial Geospatial Forum, India Geospatial Forum, Location Intelligence, Asia Geospatial Forum, and GITA events in US, Japan and Australia. Geoff received Speaker Excellence Awards at GITA 2007-2009.

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