The following Top Tender Tips are from the “other side” as a consultant representing the customer who is seeking tender responses. These comments are based on Corporate GIS writing and managing a large number of tenders over the last couple of decades ranging from $50K to $15m for government agencies, […]
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The progression of CAD & GIS to build a BIM has been a natural process for many years but by different names. Data management remains a key issue of course, but is this just more sophisticated software or a maturing of an industry that might use BIM or DT? Or is […]
Recently we completed a GIS Strategy for the Qld Dept of State Development, Tourism and Innovation. A key recommendation for the Future State was to build a corporate database as the first stage of an enterprise GIS environment. This required a corporate spatial data model / dictionary and metadata regime […]
I recently attended a webinar where a speaker said that it was great that they had a senior manager as an “internal champion” so that their spatial project could get approved and funded. Do people still think that way? In my experience, an “internal champion” often has a negative impact, […]
Recently a software vendor asked us to review their product. While we do these types of projects from time to time, this was interesting because it was a business solution based on spatial, not a GIS developing a business application. Big difference. So, we reviewed their software, their forward development path, the […]
Over the last 20 years, there has been a recurring debate about the need to “certify” or “regulate” people who do GIS, most recently a survey at https://www.spatialsource.com.au/company-industry/feedback-sought-in-gis-industry-survey The argument is that because surveying is a heavily regulated industry and Surveyors must have a degree and be Licensed/Registered, and because […]
This is an extract from “Steal and You’ll be Punished, except when it’s IP and Industry Associations”, (downloadable from https://amzn.to/3mfug8l), as an example of bad behaviour of some industry participants by describing what should NOT be done in the discussion of professionalism and ethics. This extract is a true recent […]
That’s an interesting question. I do a lot of GIS Reviews, Strategies, Health Checks, etc for Councils in Australian eastern states. Overall, I have found that while a few Councils are doing really well with GIS, most are just doing OK and some are in real difficulty. So, what are […]
I received a Request for Quote last week from a Victorian Local Government. The RFQ included a report by a competitor of a similar project done last year. The RFQ website showed reports from the same competitor for the last 5 years. Had the competitor already won the job and […]
(This blog is an extract from LinkedIn posts made in August and September 2020 and will be updated as posts are continued). What if the President of a major Australian industry Association asked for your Intellectual Property (reports) for Association business and in good faith you provide your IP. […]