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Chester County Strategic Planning

In 2007, Chester County’s newly appointed Chief Information Officer (CIO) needed a new vision for how GIS Services would be provided to the County and external stakeholders. The County had not performed a strategic plan since the early 1990s. Chester County has a mature enterprise GIS Program serving the majority of County departments and a consortium consisting of municipalities and school districts. geographIT was contracted to help facilitate the development of a GIS Strategic Plan that will guide the GIS Program as it serves the needs of its stakeholders for the next five years. The process involved:

Obtaining background material from the Department of Computer and Information Services (DCIS), GIS Services Group.
Conducting a questionnaire of stakeholders using www.SurveyMonkey.com to assess strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats facing Chester County GIS.
Designing two half day workshops that would lead to the development of strategic plan materials.
Facilitating two half-day workshops at Chester County involving county department heads, consortium members, and planning partners. The outcome of the collaborative process included development of a vision and mission statement, and a set of strategic objectives that, if addressed, will guide the delivery of GIS services in a way that aligns with the vision and mission statements. The outcomes were well received by stakeholders who had active involvement throughout the process.