Forester Web as an Effective Collaboration Tool

1. Forester Web as an
effective collaboration tool
Morag Hawkins
Programme Manager
V1.0 (final)

2. Collaboration
Background
Challenges
The
Roadmap
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3. FC Ownership
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4. economic
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5. Social
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6. Social
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7. Environmental
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8. Environmental
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9. Environmental
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10. FC District offices
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11. Forest District Office
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12. Field office
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13. The FC Van
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14. Challenges to Collaboration
• Complexity of what we do and balancing our
objectives
• Large geographical area covered by staff
• Limited access of appropriate information in the field
• Content “siloed” in District offices
• Difficulty in sharing content
• Difficulty in having a holistic view at a GB, Country
and management area level
• Content out of date
• Limited access to appropriate collaboration tools
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15. The Roadmap
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One standalone
PC per Forest
District office
1990s
• 30 users
• 2 modules
ArcView 3.x
Platform one

16. The Roadmap
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Platform one
One standalone
PC per Forest
District office
1990s 2005+
Platform two
Multi-user
Client/Server
Desktop per
Forest District
office
• 1000 users
• 30 modules
ArcGIS for Desktop
& Server 10.x
• 30 users
• 2 modules
ArcView 3.x

17. The Roadmap
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Platform one
One standalone
PC per Forest
District office
1990s 2005 Now 2018
Platform two
Desktop Web Mobile
Device
Platform three
Multi-user
Client/Server
Desktop per
Forest District
office
• All FC staff
• Responsively meeting
business needs through
configuration
• 30 users
• 2 modules
ArcView 3.x
• 1000 users
• 30 modules
ArcGIS for Desktop
& Server 10.x ArcGIS Platform

18. Where are we now?
• Delivering to the business a highly
configurable, centralised, cloud based web and
mobile platform with the ability to provide
SaaS – The Forester platform
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19. Our Vision
Making the Forester Platform available to everyone
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Forester Platform
Public
Engagement
Management
Staff work
anywhere
Volunteers /
Contractors
ArcGIS Platform

20. Our Vision
Making the Forester Platform accessible everywhere
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Forester Platform
Desktop Web Device
Server Online Content
and Services
ArcGIS Platform

21. Our Vision
Making the Forester Platform accessible for
everything
• Forester web is seen as the one stop shop – it is the
place to go to for all spatial content.
• Content can be easily searched and found.
• Easy to share content
• Staff have confidence in the data - as staff are the
owners and maintain the data in Forester web
• Data is up to date as it can be
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22. Our Vision
To aid collaboration we developed a simple set of
configurable tools to make the process of collaboration
easy.
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23. Our Vision
Video of collaboration scenario
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24. One team approach
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25. Summary
Sound basis for collaboration
• Staff have appropriate tools
• Knowledge base of reliable content that staff trust in
• Access to content everywhere by everyone.
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26. Summary
• The Forester platform makes our data accessible
everywhere by everyone and that underpins the
engagement and collaboration with our staff
• The FC now have a truly integrated, configurable,
enterprise platform in Forester web and it is
transforming the way that we work
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