1. National Geospatial Advisory Committee
URISA Draft Municipal GIS Capability Maturity Model
September 22, 2010
Greg Babinski, GISP
King County GIS Center
Finance & Marketing Manager
URISA Treasurer
Background
City & County GIS operations vary in their success, level of
development & capability
Municipal GIS operations are lean and compete for scarce
resources
A means of cost-effective municipal GIS maturity assessment
is lacking
URISA Municipal GIS Capability Maturity Model

2. Development of the GISCMM
Originated as a personal academic exercise supported by the
KCGIS Center and King County’s strong performance
management/measurement culture
Built upon familiarity with the SEI CMM
Development coincided with the NSGIC GMA
URISA Municipal GIS Capability Maturity Model
Development History
Developed in 2009 and completed by 31 Washington State cities
and counties
Presented at Washington and Oregon GIS conferences and at
the 2009 URISA AC
Recent discussions with the Taiwan GIS Center and Taiwan GIS
Society
URISA Municipal GIS Capability Maturity Model

3. Municipal GIS Capability Maturity Model Overview
Combines typical CMM process focus with infrastructure status
assessment
Current draft GISCMM based on self assessment
21 enabling capability components focus on data, technology,
infrastructure, staff, funding, etc.
14 execution ability components focus on staff processes
URISA Municipal GIS Capability Maturity Model
NGAC Governance Subcommittee Metrics
Whitepaper
The GISCMM provides potential to deliver metrics on local
agency progress towards developing/maintaining NSDI

4. Who is Involved
King County
Liaison with NSGIC GMA Committee
URISA BOD
Current Activity
Used to inform State of Georgia geospatial capacity survey
Being translated into Mandarin for use by the Taiwan GIS
Center & the Taiwan GIS Society
Half day workshop at GIS-Pro in Orlando next week

5. Next Steps Under Consideration
Future URISA involvement TBD
Revisions/additions to the draft model
Development of an approach similar to the Green Building
Council LEED Certification program
Appropriate role informing the NSGIC GMA and the COGO
Geospatial Infrastructure Report Card
Questions?
Greg Babinski, GISP
King County GIS Center
www.kingcounty.gov/gis
URISA
www.urisa.org
206-263-3753
Greg.babinski@kingcounty.gov