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57 | GEOSPATIAL STRATEGY ESSENTIALS FOR MANAGERS MATTHEW LEWIN of each city stakeholder. The goal was not to dictate how each process would function but to define the key decisions and responsibilities required to effectively govern the city's geospatial investment. It also made clear what each process would produce and how success would be measured. The processes were documented and incorporated into the city's geospatial governance charter and operating procedures. The illustration below summarizes the elements of a governance process and provides an example for governance of the Strategic Plan. The elements of a governance process include the objective, controls, decision rights, inputs, activities and measures required to effectively address each priority governance concern. Governance Process Element Description Example (Strategic Plan Governance) Objective A description of the intention and goal of the governance process. To establish and maintain a geospatial strategy that defines the short-term and long-term vision, strategic goals and roadmap. Controls The policies, documents and artifacts to be produced by the process • Geospatial Target Capability Model • Geospatial Strategic Roadmap Decision Rights The Responsible Accountable Consulted Informed (RACI) matrix for key activities or decisions defined in the process. The groups and individuals identified in the RACI are the committees and working groups identified in the decision structure. Strategic Advisory Committee IT Review Board Working Groups Develop Plan Monitor Status Approve Changes R R R A A A C C C Decisions Key decisions required during the planning, implementation or monitoring phase of the process. • Geospatial vision, mission and strategic goals • Capabilities required to implement the vision? • Implementation priorities Inputs Resources needed for decision making. This includes compliance specifications, corporate strategies and legal and regulatory frameworks. • Enterprise architecture principles • Corporate, IT and previous geospatial strategic plans • Corporate, IT and geospatial policies and standards • Industry best practices Activites Key tasks or actions to be taken during planning, implementation and monitoring of the process. • Review existing corporate, IT and geospatial strategic objectives, priorites, goals and constraints • Define geospatial vision, capability model and implementation plan strategic plan • Develop an evaluation framework to monitor and evaluate effectiveness of the geospatial strategy • Collect metrics and assess evaluation criteria to determine effectiveness of the current strategy • Determine if changes are required; make updates Measures The performance metrics used to monitor progress and effectiveness of the process. • Geospatial strategic plan exists (Approved plan) • Geospatial is aligned with corporate and IT strategic plans (% of corporate/IT objectives met) • Geospatial strategic plan achieves milestones and objectives (% of projects on schedule, plan ROI is meeting objectives)