Lowell Ballard discusses the concept of branding your mobile “portfolio” to better create that sense of a unified ecosystem to ensure that clients know that they are using one of your applications.
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GIS Software
Your Mobile Portfolio: Make it Your Own
Lowell Ballard, Director of Geospatial Solutions for Timmons Group, discusses the importance of making users feel like a part of your company’s ecosystem by developing a mobile portfolio.
GIS Learning
David or Goliath: Establishing Your Mobile GIS Portfolio
Lowell Ballard, the Director of Geospatial Solutions for Timmons Group, discusses the David versus Goliath approach in developing robust and full-featured versus smaller more focused mobile GIS applications.
GIS Industry
Defining Waterfall and Agile GIS Project Management Styles
Lowell Ballard, the Director of Geospatial Solutions for Timmons Group, takes a look at effectively engaging clients for GIS projects. In this article, he examines “waterfall” and “agile” in the context of client engagement. All projects need successful communication in order to develop properly and meet clients’ expectations. Keeping clients […]
GIS Software
Focusing GIS Apps on the User’s Needs
Lowell Ballard, Director of Geospatial Technology for Timmons Group, discusses why preventing scope creep is important for creating GIS apps that are focused, easy to use, and easy to understand. The toughest part of building a great application is knowing what to exclude. I spend a lot of time presenting ideas […]
GIS Data
Best Practices for Successful GIS Data Management
Lowell Ballard, Director of Geospatial Solutions for Timmons Group, shares some of his experience on managing GIS data and growing a GIS program. In my twelve years at Timmons Group, an interesting observation in many organizations that we have worked with is how GIS is managed and governed as an asset. Often, organizations […]