Abstract for the ICC
DATA BASE CENTRIC WORK PROCESSES
M Sc Fredrik
Davidsson, T-Kartor Sweden AB, Sweden, fd@t-kartor.se
Dr Dan
Sherrill, T-Kartor Sweden AB, Sweden; ds@t-kartor.se
The potential use of geographic information in the holdings of today’s governmental
Organisations extends much further than presenting generalised geographic
information on different kinds of maps. The challenge is to continue to supply
high quality information with an increased update rate, simultaneously with
making new uses of existing information and establishing requirements for the
acquisition and gathering of new data and at the same time reduce manpower and
cost!.
The paper examines the past and present work processes of hydrographic
offices working towards a well defined user community and identifies the
challenges facing hydrographic offices serving an increasingly more diverse
user group and increasing requirements for access to the vast, unpublished data
holdings.
Evolving from Product Centric to Data Base Centric Work Processes is the
way forward for an organisation that is seeking solutions to increase access to data holdings
at the same time coping with an increasing amount of incoming source
information and increased demands for higher update rates.
The paper highlights the need for organisational and work process change
from a holistic perspective encompassing technology, business processes and
cooperation across organisational boundaries. Analogies are drawn to work
practices used in high risk operations to ensure safe operation within narrow
time frames.
New tools for data analysis might yield new information from already
existing data and in turn provide input into the planning of new data
acquisition areas. A key requirement here is accessibility to information/data
not to mention knowledge of the existence of the data.
The way forward to cope without a vast increase in the use of human
resources is to change the internal processes in the organisation from the present
product centric organisation to effective data base centric work processes and
methods.
The paper uses a case study to illustrate salient points and provide
real life examples of key findings.
This paper will include a presentation of a scenario where a map
making organisation move from being
Product Centric to become Data Base Centric to get more effective and to be
able to handle new customer requirements.