Pilot Project Importance

Abstract

This presentation discusses pilot projects for GIS. Pilot projects merge the planning stages and implementation stages of project development. They serve as a way to 'educate' management and build support for a project. They verify costs and benefits, and they allow evaluation of hardware, software, database design, procedures and alternatives. The two major types of pilot projects are demonstration (which allows management to see the system in production) and prototype (which is a full-scale model of a future system). The presentation goes on to discuss management and results of the pilot project.