Publications and Research
Document Type
Book Chapter or Section
Publication Date
2018
Abstract
There is a big gulf between GIScience as an academic endeavor and its application in the form of GIS project management in the real world. Project activities are complex because they rarely involve routine repetitive acts, but often require specific knowledge and skills to be used in their design, execution, and management. This article explains what project management is, its objectives, and the required ingredients from personnel to budgets, and the integration of the GIS project into the larger context of an organization’s and even societal culture.
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Comments
This work was originally published in "Comprehensive Geographic Information Systems," edited by B. Huang and available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.09612-3.