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Abstract
Re-Engineering: The Art of ArcGIS Implementation in Medium-Sized Cities
Track: System Implementation for GIS
Author(s): C Jordan
This paper is an actual case study in action. The City of Pasadena is located in South Eastern Harris County, a 'suburb' of Houston. However, Pasadena is not a typical homeowner suburb (it is highly industrial and has a small mobile population), and like many cities of similar size (150,000 population) and with a proximity to large a metropolitan city; we are expected to deliver 'big products' on a 'little budget.' Thus is born the notion of re-engineering. The paper will elaborate how a mid-size city can successfully implement ArcGIS 8 from the ground up. It will further document how to address the needs of the users while maintaining an 'infant' GIS, and provide hard results to the city leadership (Mayor, Manager, and City Council). Re-Engineering will document the rites of passage from conceptual design, to department use-case analysis, to implementation and pilot projecting to the actual step of re-design and re-implementation. It will prove that this process can be efficient, and that mid-size cities can be self-sufficient (i.e., without the aid of consultants).
C Jordan
City of Pasadena
1211 Southmore Ave
Pasadena , TX 77502
USA
Phone: (713) 475-7848
Fax: (713) 475-9714
E-mail: bjordan@ci.pasadena.tx.us