The Business Benefits of GIS: An ROI Approach
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6. Specify and Cost GIS Projects

Cost Plan Example

Construct a three-year GIS program budget. During this process, each of the GIS projects established in Step 4 are broken down into constituent parts. The costs are assembled into a budget worksheet that summarizes the expenditures and provides a series of useful financial budgetary indicators and charts.

Note: This step assumes you have completed step 4.

  • Project Definition template

eBook Chapter

  • Specify and Cost GIS Projects [PDF] - updated 07/09/2008
    This file contains the digital version of Chapter Six from the book "The Business Benefits of GIS".

    This chapter steps through the process of specifying and costing projects for a three-year period using a budget template.

Tools and Templates

  • Budget Template This item is locked. Please login and agree to the license agreement to access this file. [XLS] - updated 10/22/2008
    If you encounter a macro problem with this Excel 2007 file please see the users guide. [PDF]
    The Budget template provides the model for you to input budget variables, key resource information, specific project data, and other values addressed in the tasks in step 6.

Case Study

  • Springfield Budget This item is locked. Please login and agree to the license agreement to access this file. [XLS] - updated 10/22/2008
    A completed example of a budget for the City of Springfield.
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