GIS Miramar Health Check

Technical Working Group. This group is responsible for developing the governance processes supporting the Platform and Data domains. Stakeholders in this group might also participate in corporate IT governance and data governance programs. They often act as an important conduit to these other, broader governance programs (such as Legal). This group will provide liaisons to data, information systems, GIS, and application development initiatives.

Operational Working Group. The operational working group develops the governance processes supporting the Workforce and Delivery domains. These stakeholders are typically involved closely in the day-to-day operations of providing GIS services. They may also work closely with broader IT service delivery programs.

4.1.6 Short-term: Enabling and Optimizing the GIS Foundation These items are intended to be implemented within 3 - 6 months. ❑ Continue to Stay Current on Software Version ❑ Continue to maintain consistent environment across the organization. ❑ Plan for transition to 10.7.1 or higher in conjunction with architecture upgrades. ❑ Evaluate software version requirements to support other business systems. ❑ Consider valuable tools such as Insights for ArcGIS and Portal available as well as existing tools including Data Reviewer and GeoEvent Server. ❑ Software Licenses ❑ Consider the Esri Small Municipal and County Government Enterprise Agreement (EA) for flexible and rapid licensing. ❑ Begin transition to ArcGIS Pro as primary desktop application. ❑ Leverage web applications to reduce need for maintaining many ArcGIS Desktop installations.

• Not all staff will require ArcGIS Desktop. Many will have their needs met through focused web applications, particularly simple viewers. ❑ Evaluate implementation of ArcGIS Portal and the Data Store as part of the next system upgrade cycle. ❑ Ensure core IT and departmental GIS representatives are part of any software purchases involving potential integration with GIS systems or data. ❑ Leverage ArcGIS Enterprise ❑ Evaluate managed services (on-premises or Cloud-hosted) for the GIS technical infrastructure. ❑ Establish centralized enterprise geodatabase for the storage, maintenance, and widespread access of authoritative datasets. ❑ Evaluate implementation of the ArcGIS for Local Government database schema and solution templates for an organizational framework and rapid web access. ❑ Provide standardized map and image services as foundation to support most data access for internal users. ❑ Use ArcGIS Enterprise (formerly ArcGIS for Server) to power ArcGIS Online/Portal feature services. ❑ Develop a maintenance and utilization strategy for ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Portal. ❑ Begin establishing automated database maintenance processes for versioning, indexing, refreshing services, and rebuilding geolocators, etc. ❑ Consider on-premises deployment of Portal for ArcGIS. City of Miramar, FL | GIS HealthCheck | gisinc.com | page 12