topic Re: New Toolset to Self-Evaluate Your Geospatial Program in GIS Leadership User Group

New Toolset to Self-Evaluate Your Geospatial Program

JamesPardue2 — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 12:54:25 GMT

We are excited to introduce Esri’s Geospatial Program Self-Assessment Toolset, a valuable toolset designed to help you evaluate the current maturity of your geospatial capabilities and identify opportunities and pathways for growth and improvement.

With the new toolset, you’ll be able to do a brief assessment by ranking your program maturity across Esri’s five Pillars of Geospatial Excellence and get your own personal report and dashboard view highlighting areas of strengths and targeted opportunities for improvement, with recommended next steps and resources to get started.

The assessment is aligned with Esri’s Path to Geospatial Excellence framework and explores key areas that contribute to a successful and sustainable geospatial program, including business alignment, governance, systems, stakeholder engagement, and workforce capacity.

By completing the survey, you will gain insights into your organization’s strengths, uncover areas for improvement, and establish a baseline for future geospatial strategy and investment decisions. The results can help guide conversations around program development, organizational readiness, workforce development, governance, and technology modernization.

Take the assessment today

We encourage all GIS leaders, program managers, technology leaders, and geospatial practitioners to participate and share their perspectives. Your input will help create a clearer understanding of your organization's current state and support the journey toward greater geospatial excellence.

Re: New Toolset to Self-Evaluate Your Geospatial Program

WilliamTarpai — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 15:18:32 GMT

@JamesPardue2 Great post - and timely with the UC only days away from beginning in San Diego. The Self Assessment tool is very timely. I want to encourage GIS leaders to pass it around to students on campuses of higher education near you.

Re: New Toolset to Self-Evaluate Your Geospatial Program

WilliamTarpai — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 15:21:48 GMT

@EzraCheruiyot Let's urge our East African student base and their teachers to take the self assessment and perhaps we can build a map with a clearer understanding not only of the infrastructure work that needs to be done, but where the GIS professionals of the future might be learning.

Re: New Toolset to Self-Evaluate Your Geospatial Program

EzraCheruiyot — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 16:14:55 GMT

@WilliamTarpai @JamesPardue2 This is noted and timely for me and the Organisation i work with