Updated September 2026
The "Governing ArcGIS" guide outlines strategies and methods to govern ArcGIS in Education setting - supporting the mission of teaching, learning, research, and administration.
Introduction to the Guide
ArcGIS is an enterprise technology and as such, it requires a governance approach that includes policies and guidelines related to access, availability, lifecycle management of users and data, communication and monitoring.
The guide helps you develop and implement governance practices at your institution. It focuses on establishing policies, decision-making structures, and responsibilities of how ArcGIS is accessed, used, managed, and sustained over time.
It is your starting point to having a mission-driven, structured geospatial governance framework which is a required part of any enterprise technology.
The guide consists of the (5) chapters.
The guide is available in a series of blogs and an E-book PDF. The reader can choose their preferred style of reviewing this resource.
Blogs
E-book PDF
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