Project Management

Define a project. What are the characteristics which help differentiate projects from other functions carried out in the daily operations of the organization?

They use geographic information system (GIS) tools and techniques to evaluate digital imagery and geospatial databases. They also use remote sensing and spatial analysis to perform quality reviews of data and content accuracy. They generate visual aids, edit documents and present reports for publishing. They must understand linguistics, human trends, geography and advanced GIS software programs.

Question 1. What project selection method described in the chapter will ABI probably employ for this proposal? Answer According to the description, the project selection method is profitability of numeric model. We might see the points from the business strategy 1) Bid only on good margin products that have the potential for maintaining their margins over a long term. 2) Pursue only new products. 3) Utilize the most advanced technology in new projects. “ project champion” approach to innovation and creativity. no more than 480 employees. 4) Foster the

GIS, with their capabilities for spatial analysis and modeling of diverse data, can enhance the ability to address several natural resource and environmental issues that have spatial component (Nijkamp & Scholten, 1993). GIS can facilitate the organization, manipulation and analysis of diverse data often associated with these issues, and the data structures, and analytical techniques of GIS can be incorporated into a wide range of management and decision making operations that pertain specifically to natural resources.

➢ Make sure that we involve all customers, sponsor and project stakeholders when it comes to creating scope management plan, keep them on the loop on basis of what will be done and not done, how it will controlled.

The majority of the available information is poorly utilized due to the lack of an integrated framework to manage, manipulate, analyze, and present information, thereby failing to locate the facilities more appropriately in the current practices. CAD-based modeling fails to consider the topographical aspects of a region. Also use of CAD-based systems is somewhat difficult and visualization provided by them is also not easily customizable. Considering the importance of GIS, architects or engineers, create, store, and share information about 3D models of existing facilities along with surrounding topography. Visualization of existing facilities along with surroundings, database management, and geospatial analysis capabilities on a single platform

The main objective of Smart City projects is to provide sustainable infrastructure, smart amenities, faster solutions and better livelihood to the urban citizens. To achieve this, Smart City projects must utilize smart tools. One such inevitable tool is GIS – Geographic Information

A cost estimate is a prediction of the likely cost of the resources that will be required to complete all of the work of the project

When I started my GEO 215 class I was quite unsure exactly what we would be talking about. First thing that came to mind was maps, then it was on different areas in the world, then how different cultures survive and adapt to different areas etc. So my mind began wondering down this Geography journey. So once I got the first assignment about the Expanded Application if GIS and GPS, I was stomped. So of course that's exactly where I started my research. First thing I looked up was what is GIS or Graphic Information Systems. "A GIS combines visual data concerning information about shapes, sizes, and locations that can be analyzed" (Wikipedia 2016). A GPS also known as global positioning system uses

GIS is an interdisciplinary technology, integrated by computer science, geography, surveying, cartography and stuff. Generally, GIS includes computer hardware and software systems and processes that are used to solve complex planning and management problems, supports spatial data collection, management, operation, analysis and simulation. Main functions of GIS include the input, storage, processing and output of geographic data collected from map-vectorization, remote sensing data, GPS, etc. GIS’s characteristics are: strong system of spatial data management; vivid and intuitive user interface; powerful spatial analysis capability.

GIS origins lie in thematic cartography which was used 100 years earlier than the earliest computer based GIS systems. GIS store and link non-spatial information with the data’s geographic location. Currently estimated as a $2 billion per year industry, GIS serves as an invaluable tool in the natural, social, medical, and engineering sciences, as well as in business and planning. Despite its prolific use among an extremely wide range of different sectors, GIS is a relatively new science having only developed into a multibillion dollar industry within the last 60 years. Several stages of development compose the history of GIS including the first “pioneering” phase, followed by the second, third, and fourth phases.

developed using GIS cloud for particular requirements (Evangelidis et al., 2014). A conventional GIS application

Apart from the oil industry, the geographical information systems have also gained much use in other critical application in Saudi Arabia. For instance, the system is used in both telecom and network services. Its relevance as a planning and a decision-making tool in the telecom industry cannot be overemphasized. The so-called GDi GISDATA enables the telecommunication companies to integrate geographical data in their network planning, design and maintenance activities. The technology allows the companies to enhance their location-based services, develop engineering/ geographical applications and customer relationship. Geographic information system also enables the authorities and insurance companies do both accident and hot spot analysis. As such, the technology helps in the reduction of accidents in the roads through the optimization of road networks and facilitating the improvement of roads through proper traffic in management (Khormi, Kumar, & Elzahrany, 2011). The technology helps identify the locations and map them by their population and traffic details. In addition, the geographic information system is convenient to use in rerouting design. The system has also gained much prominence in urban planning is Saudi

Computers “can increase the value of the map as a decision-making tool” and “different goals produce different maps” (Krygier and Wood, 2005 1). They go on to say that “the computer is fast and precise, and has a useful role to play in the production of maps.” Computers and their software are the catalyst for map production. Maps are vital in development in the form of an important decisionmaking tool but without computers, cartograms could not have facilitated a rapid growth in cities after the Second World War. Gregory and Ell (2007 105) state that producing cartograms were a lengthy task for a cartographer and many subjective judgements (in relation to distances, positions and areas of features) had to be made. They go on to say that “The advent of computer mapping through GIS has led to the reawakening of interest in

The aim of the study is to assess the relevancy, usefulness and the associated benefits of BIM and the advantages of its parametric feature in construction project management, and then suggesting ways in which such findings could help stakeholders to determine on whether BIM will be suitable and beneficial or not for their proposed projects and then take decision either to use BIM or not based on their convictions.