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    <title>topic Utility Network Services Offering in Electric Questions</title>
    <link>https://community.esri.com/t5/electric-questions/utility-network-services-offering/m-p/230675#M201</link>
    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"&gt;ArcGIS Utility Network Management extension (Utility Network) is designed to provide a foundation for utility GIS solutions for many years to come. Utilities can now support business functions far beyond traditional GIS implementations including:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;UL&gt;&lt;LI style="margin: 0in 0in 6.0pt .25in;"&gt;The ability to model, edit, and analyze complex networks of facility infrastructure using all Esri platform clients whether in the office or out in the field&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI style="margin: 0in 0in 6.0pt .25in;"&gt;Enabling key modeling concepts to better support a true representation of what is on the ground, while fostering an easy exchange of network information with other mission-critical systems&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI style="margin: 0in 0in 6.0pt .25in;"&gt;Support for highly responsive editing and analysis capabilities and much more&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;&lt;P style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"&gt;Esri has created four services packages as described below which are intended to help utility customers prepare for and take advantage of the Utility Network new capabilities.&amp;nbsp; The following provides an overview of each services package:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;OL style="list-style-type: lower-roman;"&gt;&lt;LI style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"&gt;Implementation Planning Strategy:Conducting a discovery workshop to review key business requirements and&amp;nbsp; processes, system integration requirements, geospatial workflows and data&lt;UL&gt;&lt;LI style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;Conducting a discovery workshop to review key business requirements and processes, system integration requirements, geospatial workflows and data&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;Developing a Utility Network Planning Strategy Document containing recommendations in the follow areas:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;UL&gt;&lt;LI style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"&gt;Gap analysis between your data model(s) and the utility network asset package&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"&gt;Extending the electric, gas, or water asset package&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"&gt;Extending utility network rules&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"&gt;System integration&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"&gt;Data preparation considerations for data migration&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"&gt;Staff training plan&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"&gt;Data Health Check&lt;UL&gt;&lt;LI style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"&gt;Your business systems require clean GIS data to operate effectively&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"&gt;Validate if your existing data is UN ready before embarking on a full-scale data migration project&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"&gt;ArcGIS Data Reviewer training and implementation&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"&gt;&lt;P&gt;Pilot Project/Proof of Concept:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;UL style="list-style-type: circle;"&gt;&lt;LI style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"&gt;Data model / asset package configuration&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"&gt;Data migration (migrating your data—not an Esri sample dataset)&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"&gt;ArcGIS Pro project setup and configuration of editing templates&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"&gt;Services configuration and publishing&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;Configuration of branch versioning and network / subnetworks&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;Data Migration Training Workshop (using Esri provided sample data)&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;UL style="list-style-type: circle;"&gt;&lt;LI style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;Workshop topics include:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;UL&gt;&lt;LI style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;Asset package modeling&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;Rule modeling&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;Data migration concepts&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;Asset package loading into the UN&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/OL&gt;&lt;P&gt;Any combination of these packages can be provided based on your needs to receive consulting from Esri as you make the transition to the Utility Network.&amp;nbsp; Please contact your Esri account manager for additional information.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2018 23:53:29 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>DonCarson</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2018-06-18T23:53:29Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Utility Network Services Offering</title>
      <link>https://community.esri.com/t5/electric-questions/utility-network-services-offering/m-p/230675#M201</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"&gt;ArcGIS Utility Network Management extension (Utility Network) is designed to provide a foundation for utility GIS solutions for many years to come. Utilities can now support business functions far beyond traditional GIS implementations including:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;UL&gt;&lt;LI style="margin: 0in 0in 6.0pt .25in;"&gt;The ability to model, edit, and analyze complex networks of facility infrastructure using all Esri platform clients whether in the office or out in the field&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI style="margin: 0in 0in 6.0pt .25in;"&gt;Enabling key modeling concepts to better support a true representation of what is on the ground, while fostering an easy exchange of network information with other mission-critical systems&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI style="margin: 0in 0in 6.0pt .25in;"&gt;Support for highly responsive editing and analysis capabilities and much more&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;&lt;P style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"&gt;Esri has created four services packages as described below which are intended to help utility customers prepare for and take advantage of the Utility Network new capabilities.&amp;nbsp; The following provides an overview of each services package:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;OL style="list-style-type: lower-roman;"&gt;&lt;LI style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"&gt;Implementation Planning Strategy:Conducting a discovery workshop to review key business requirements and&amp;nbsp; processes, system integration requirements, geospatial workflows and data&lt;UL&gt;&lt;LI style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;Conducting a discovery workshop to review key business requirements and processes, system integration requirements, geospatial workflows and data&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;Developing a Utility Network Planning Strategy Document containing recommendations in the follow areas:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;UL&gt;&lt;LI style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"&gt;Gap analysis between your data model(s) and the utility network asset package&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"&gt;Extending the electric, gas, or water asset package&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"&gt;Extending utility network rules&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"&gt;System integration&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"&gt;Data preparation considerations for data migration&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"&gt;Staff training plan&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"&gt;Data Health Check&lt;UL&gt;&lt;LI style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"&gt;Your business systems require clean GIS data to operate effectively&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"&gt;Validate if your existing data is UN ready before embarking on a full-scale data migration project&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"&gt;ArcGIS Data Reviewer training and implementation&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"&gt;&lt;P&gt;Pilot Project/Proof of Concept:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;UL style="list-style-type: circle;"&gt;&lt;LI style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"&gt;Data model / asset package configuration&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"&gt;Data migration (migrating your data—not an Esri sample dataset)&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"&gt;ArcGIS Pro project setup and configuration of editing templates&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"&gt;Services configuration and publishing&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;Configuration of branch versioning and network / subnetworks&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;Data Migration Training Workshop (using Esri provided sample data)&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;UL style="list-style-type: circle;"&gt;&lt;LI style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;Workshop topics include:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;UL&gt;&lt;LI style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;Asset package modeling&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;Rule modeling&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;Data migration concepts&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;Asset package loading into the UN&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/OL&gt;&lt;P&gt;Any combination of these packages can be provided based on your needs to receive consulting from Esri as you make the transition to the Utility Network.&amp;nbsp; Please contact your Esri account manager for additional information.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2018 23:53:29 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.esri.com/t5/electric-questions/utility-network-services-offering/m-p/230675#M201</guid>
      <dc:creator>DonCarson</dc:creator>
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