[GSDI Legal Econ] Geospatial Interoperability Return on Investment (ROI) Study Report

[Kate Lance]

excerpt from July SDI-Africa newsletter
http://www.gsdi.org/newsletters/SDI-Africa_v4n7.pdf
 
Can anyone suggest similar ROI studies?
 
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Geospatial Interoperability Return on Investment (ROI) Study Report 
 
http://gio.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ROI%20Study.pdf
 
NASA Geospatial Interoperability Office recently embarked on a Return on Investment Study on Geospatial Interoperability, conducted by Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH). The study focused on systems currently implementing ISO, FGDC, and OGC standards/specifications, comparing and contrastong two programs -- one utilizing, and one not utilizing voluntary, consensus-based interface standards for a 5 year lifecycle. They found that the program that adopted geospatial interoperability standards resulted in $1.00 invested netting a $1.19 in savings in operations and maintenance compared to projects not based on open standards. This resulted in savings of 26.2 % compared to projects not implementing standards. 
 
[Source: FGDC Coordination Meeting Summary, June 7, 2005]

		
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