NMGIC Fall 2009 Workshop

NMGIC's Fall 2009 Workshop on "Geospatial Business Analysis and Project Management: Stop Talking About It, Get It Done! will held on Thursday, November 12th, 2009, in conjunction with that following Friday's Fall Meeting.
The Workshop location is the Rotunda of the UNM Science & Technology Center at 801 University Boulevard NE in Albuquerque, NM. The workshop will be presented in two parts. The morning session (from 9:30am - 11:30am) will address Geospatial Business Analysis and the afternoon (1:00pm - 3:00pm) will be devoted to Project Management. A lunch break will occur from 11:30am - 1:00pm.

"Business Analysis" - Business Analysis is a discipline whose purpose is to identify and assure that projects are consistent with an organization's strategic goals and business needs. It incorporates staff and processes leveraged to ensure a business need is appropriately identified, analyzed, and well documented to develop a solution that is both effective and efficient. Project types that are well supported with a business analysis approach include: business process evaluation, redesign or modernization, product quality initiatives, organizational changes (change in management), application development, and technology implementation. Persons who are tasked with a business analysis project may be expected to identify existing business processes and define methods to optimize and/or modernize those processes, facilitate collaborations between users and developers, support the development of project plans, schedules, and budgets, and manage project expectations. Projects that are either GIT-based or include geographic data and technology integrations could benefit from the application of business analysis practices. This session will further define business analysis processes and illustrate their application to recent GIT projects.

"Project Management" - Project Management is a discipline whose purpose is to oversee specific, clearly defined projects from beginning to end, leveraging staff and processes to control and balance competing demands and ensure all efforts meet project requirements. A project manager's role may include creating detailed project plans and reports, setting objectives, and maintaining schedules, analyzing performances and results, organizing and leveraging project resources and teams, and managing and controlling project funds.
Projects that are either GIT-based or include geographic data and technology integrations could benefit from the application of formal project management strategies. This session will describe project management techniques and illustrate their application to recent GIT projects.