The Business Benefits of GIS: An ROI Approach
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The return on investment (ROI) methodology provides an achievable, fact-based, and benefits-focused approach to arrive at a quantifiable ROI. The process will enable you to gain backing and consensus among organization stakeholders while educating and preparing them for change.

A holistic approach is adopted to determine how GIS technology can be applied to solve problems or create new opportunities and services in an organization. This allows upper management to make the best business decision for one or more departments and the organization as a whole.

Project Resources


Project Steps

  1. Prepare for the ROI Project
  2. Identify Business Opportunities
  3. Prioritize Business Benefits
  4. Construct GIS Program
  5. Define Project Control
  6. Specify and Cost GIS Projects
  7. Estimate Benefits
  8. Create Benefits Roadmap
  9. Calculate Financial Metrics
  10. Build and Present Report
The information on this Web site page has been derived in whole or in part, under license, from the ROI Methodology of PA Consulting Group, Inc.