04 | GEOSPATIAL STRATEGY ESSENTIALS FOR MANAGERS VOLUME 2
Matthew Lewin is the director of management
consulting at Esri Canada. His focus is helping
management teams optimize and transform their
business through geospatial technology and the
geographic approach. You may contact him by
e-mail at mlewin@esri.ca.
you can establish, the benefits of a geospatial
community of practice, the importance of
change management in realizing your geospatial
vision and how to build relationships with
your business community to improve overall
geospatial literacy.
Part 2: Governance—In this section, we focus
on the practice of governance as opposed to
the conceptual notion covered in Volume 1.
We review a simple geospatial governance
framework to help you evaluate and plan your
governance program. We provide specific
guidance and tactics for improving your
organization's geospatial data governance
processes. We also discuss the relationship
between strategy and governance and why
getting them both right is critical for long-term
success.
Part 3: Strategic Tools—In the last section, we
review management tools and frameworks
that will help you develop your geospatial
strategy. We look at a convenient one-page
strategy canvas for distilling your strategy into its
essential components. We review a geospatial
solution canvas to help you go from a business
problem to a geospatial solution. We guide you
through reviewing a geospatial strategy and
communicating its business value. We also look
at strategic alignment and how to ensure that
your geospatial strategy aligns with the rest of
your organization.
We hope this e-book provides valuable
insights and tools for building and growing
your geospatial program. As we intended with
Volume 1, the purpose of Volume 2 is to educate
and inspire. We hope this e-book achieves its
goal and serves you well in your journey toward
geospatial excellence.
— Matthew Lewin
