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STANDARDS
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It is incumbent upon an organization’s procurement documentation to ensure the inclusion of the 14
appropriate standards compliance references when contracting for geoprocessing software, data, 15
technology, applications and services; whereby promoting vendor neutrality. This will enable 16
exploitation by a broad range of technology offerings leading to the purchase of solutions that 17
implement the use of standards-based products and interchangeable services and components. 18
While geospatial standards-based acquisition guidance in the form of procurement language and 19
boiler plate templates does not readily exist across the community, there are several 20
organizations and sources that provide lists of “key” or “baseline” geospatial standards and 21
maintain status updates as new standards evolve. The Performance Guidance (Table 8-8) provides 22
a summation of the key decision points to facilitate the identification, adoption, and use of 23
geospatial standards for the efficient design, development, and implementation of geospatial 24
system investments. 25
Table 8-8. Stakeholder Performance Guide: Standards
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STAKEHOLDER PERFORMANCE GUIDE CHAPTER 8 – STANDARDS
Role Responsibility Approach Benefit
Exe cu tiv e L e ad e rshi p
•Develop and adopt Standards Policy within and across the Geospatial Executive Steering Committee and your Department or Agency.
•Ensure all geospatial
procurements/awards have the appropriate Standards Compliance Section included in the contract language.
•Standards resourcing for subject matter expertise (SME) and SDO involvement.
•Working with Executive Leadership across geospatial investments, the Office of the Chief Information Officer; Financial Management Office; and Grants Office, agree upon and include Standards-based acquisition language for procurements and awards.
•Review procurement action prior to sign-off and the assign Program Manager the responsibility to include the necessary language in the procurement/award action.
•Budget for a staffing position (e.g., full or part time) to perform standards guidance. Position would participate on and provide into to SDOs and cross organization geospatial investments.
•Ensure contract continuity and compliance for consistent geospatial investments. Enforces vendor neutrality and promotes competition for industry standards adoption. Drives interoperability across investments.
•Ensures procurement/award consistency and compliance.
•Provides awareness and understanding of standards requirements, benefits and advancement in geospatial standards development and adoption.
Program
Manage
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•Coordinate across other internal Department and Agency investment PMs for identification and agreement on content for Standards Policy development.
•Prepare “boiler plate” standards-based procurement language for inclusion need contracts/awards.
•Determine resourcing requirements and availability for geospatial standards capability development for:
◦ Subject Matter Expert
◦ SDO participation
•Draft Standards Policy for procurement and grants guidance. Work with and vet for completeness and currency across organization and review SDO listings.
•Work with OCIO, OFM, and Grants Offices to determine process for standards-based procurement / grant language inclusion within policy guidance and contract vehicles.
•Prepare Position Description for Geospatial Standards SME as a core competency within job category (e.g., GS-2210: Information Technology Management Series). Participate on and/or contribute to geospatial SDO initiatives.
•Provides awareness and understanding of baseline and current standards requirements. Allows for a definition of “Value Proposition” of standards- based interoperability.
•Policy-based guidance for government and industry understanding and compliance.
•Increase internal capacity for geospatial standards understanding and compliance. Sol u ti on Arc h itect
•Document current standards in use within/across organization geospatial investments.
•Contribute to development of baseline standards for inclusion into Policy Guidance.
•Contribute to identification of SME resource for geospatial standards. Ensure awareness of geospatial standards for inclusion in system procurement and development.
•Coordinate with SAs across
organization’s geospatial investments to identify and document geospatial standards usage.
•Develop baseline of key geospatial standards derived from Federal and SDO current and emerging standards documentation.
•Provide input for Position Description for Geospatial Standards SME. Participate on SDOs for awareness of geospatial standards development and update.
•Technical vetting and validation across investments for As-Is standards usage.
•Ensure broadest possible technical review and allows identification of gaps and deficiencies for enhancement. •Strengthen breadth of geospatial standards awareness across organization’s geospatial investments. 2
9 PERFORMANCE REFERENCE MODEL
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9.1 INTRODUCTION
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Definition/Description (What) – “links agency strategy, internal business components, and 3
investments, providing a means to measure the impact of those investments on strategic 4
outcomes.”179
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Purpose/Function (Why) – to provide documentable value to all stakeholders by setting 6
manageable and measurable metrics to achieve the geospatial system investment goals as 7
defined by the stakeholders. The chapter will provide: 8
• References to performance guidance and implementation approaches. 9
• Examples of performance indices. 10
Stakeholder Performance Guide (Who & How) – driven by mission/business requirements and 11
the associated functional capabilities identified in the Operational Requirements Document, 12
performance is a shared responsibility that provides the Executive Leadership metrics to monitor 13
and take corrective action to address program progress and demonstrate benefit to the 14
stakeholders. Often administered by the Program Manager and documented by the Solution 15
Architects, performance is a measure of value. 16
Value is defined by the user … but quantified by the usage.
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