Collier Consulting, Inc. : Components for Custom GCD Water Management Software: Utilizing Modern Web Standards and the Amazon Cloud, Brandon Gartrell, Richard Williams, and Aaron Collier

Essential Components For Custom GCD Water Management Software

Utilizing Modern Web Standards And The Amazon Cloud

Brandon Gartrell, GISPRichard WilliamsAaron Collier, P.G.

June 3, 2015

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Where Is Your Business Workflow At?

Let’s Compare The Average GCD To What I’m Calling The “GCD 5.0” Similar To The Line From Jeff Goldblum In This Commercial -

“We Are Powered By Web 5.0, What Happened To Web 3.0 And Web 4.0, We Skipped Em Because They’re Not Good Enough”

Where Is Your Business Workflow At?

So Where Are You At? Are You The Average GCD Or Are You The “GCD

5.0”? During This Talk, Let’s Compare The Two

The Average GCD

What Does Your Day-To-Day Business Workflow Look Like? Paper Forms With Overflowing Inboxes

“GCD 5.0”

What Should Your Day-To-Day Business Workflow Look Like? No More Paper Forms/No Inbox Web Forms That Automatically Insert Data Into Cloud Database Followed By An Approval And Acceptance Workflow Using Software Tools

The Average GCD

What Does Your Day-To-Day Business Workflow Look Like? Outdated Software/Database For Example… Microsoft Silverlight

Microsoft Access

“GCD 5.0”

What Should Your Day-To-Day Business Workflow Look Like? Software That Is Always Up To Date “SaaS” Or Software As A Service – Delivering Applications

Over The Internet As A Service Freeing The Client From Complex Software And Hardware Management

Your Software Goes Where You Go Accessible Across PC/Tablet/Mobile Platforms Keeping Software Maintainable For Years To Come Means

Having An Open Architecture Using The Latest Technology

HTML 5

The Average GCD

What Does Your Day-To-Day Business Workflow Look Like? Slow Response Time From Computer/Application Do You Have Applications That Run Slow? Do Multiple Staff Have To Wait To Use The Same Application?

“GCD 5.0”

What Should Your Day-To-Day Business Workflow Look Like? Fast Application Response, Not Dependent On Local

Installation Applications That Are Automatically Load Balanced And

Scaled – No Single Point of Failure, Support A Large Number Of Simultaneous Users

Software That Just Works, Nothing To Install Or Maintain Software That Fits Your Business Process Information Is Supposed To Flow Through Your Office A

Certain Way, Your Software Should Drive That Flow

The Average GCD

What Does Your Day-To-Day Business Workflow Look Like? No Application Support/Training Have Multiple Pieces Of Archaic Software Left You Frustrated? Does Your Data Input Workflow Involve The Words, “We Have Just Always Done It This Way”, Or “I Was Just Told To Do It This Way”?

“GCD 5.0”

What Should Your Day-To-Day Business Workflow Look Like? Various Methods For Training And Support Onsite Training, Live Webinar Training Mechanisms To Provide Immediate Feedback Phone Support Short, Recorded Training Videos Of Key Features Simple Overlay Instructions – Software Tour Full User Manual

The Average GCD

What Does Your Day-To-Day Business Workflow Look Like? Repetitive Tasks/Manual Data Entry Do You Pass The Same Paper Form Around The Office? Do You Re-Enter The Same Data Someone Else Has Already

Filled Out? Are The Same Files Being Edited Over And Over Again

Depending On Where They Are In Your Workflow?

“GCD 5.0”

What Should Your Day-To-Day Business Workflow Look Like? No Repeat Data Entry, Eliminate Repetitive Tasks Adopt A One-Time Entry, Approval Workflow Using Software

Tools Web Forms Allow Easy Collection Of Data From The Source

Of Your User Generated Content Achieve Cleaner Data By Enforcing Data Integrity Checks

During Data Collection

The Average GCD

What Does Your Day-To-Day Business Workflow Look Like? No Real-Time Information Do You Have To Pull Paper Files, Look Up Documents, Make

Phone Calls, Or Ask Colleagues To Get A Status Report?

“GCD 5.0”

What Should Your Day-To-Day Business Workflow Look Like? Real-Time Information Presented To You Through A Variety

Of Sources Operations Dashboards, Email Alerts, Automatic Feature

Updates On Maps, Dynamic Updates To Reports Don’t Waste Time Searching For Information, Spend Your

Time Acting On It Don’t Restrict Information To One Person, All Staff Can Easily

Access This Information

The Average GCD

What Does Your Day-To-Day Business Workflow Look Like? Is Your Data Cluttered Or Scattered Across A Variety Of

Mediums And Locations? Do You Have Duplicated Data? How Many Data Sources Do You Have To Touch To Get An

Answer To A Critical Question? How Quickly And Accurately Can You Respond To Client Or

Public Questions? Are You Over-Charging or Under-Charging? Are Your Operations Sustainable Given Current/Future

Regulatory Changes?

“GCD 5.0”

What Should Your Day-To-Day Business Workflow Look Like? Experience The Benefits Of A Cloud Managed Spatial RDBMS Data Located In One Place, No Longer Fragmented No Time Spent Running Updates Or Backups, Data Is

Automatically Backed Up Across Multiple Data Centers Local Disaster Recovery Is Instantly Achieved Eliminate Costly Server Hardware/Licensing Employ Proven Security Models Normally Only Experienced

By Large Companies Use Your Data For Powerful, Fast Analysis

The Average GCD

What Does Your Day-To-Day Business Workflow Look Like? Got Maps? Are Your Maps Static and Disconnected From Your Data? Are Office Staff Out of Sync With Field Staff? Are You Aware Of The Groundwater Resources Between

Wells Or In Unexplored Areas? How Quickly And Accurately Can You Determine Well

Spacing For Any Well In Your District? Can You Quickly Navigate To Any Well In Your District?

“GCD 5.0”

What Should Your Day-to-Day Business Workflow Look Like? Fully Interactive, Integrated Web Mapping System Maps Tied To Reports And Dashboards Focused Maps That Immediately Provide Usable Information

With Minimal Input Fast And Simple Navigation Search Anything In Your Database Generate Custom Analysis Available Across Devices And Platforms

“GCD 5.0”

What Are Modern Web Standards? HTML 5 Javascript Responsive Design Simple And Elegant Design REST/API Driven

“GCD 5.0”

Why Do Modern Web Standards Matter? Rich, Engaging Experience Without Downloading A Plugin

For Your Browser Standard Experience Across All Browsers Supported Across All Platforms – iOS, Android Responsive Design Auto-Sizes To Fit On Your Device,

Eliminating The Need For A Separate Mobile Site Simple Design Is What Users Have Come To Expect For

Everything Now, It Should Be Easy And Simple To Use REST or Restful Web Services Allow Data Access From Any

Page, Any View, Any Application Very Fast Experience, Support More Users

Keep Pace With Industry Standard

GCD 5.0 - HYDROS

Web Portal

Database

Reporting System

Web Maps

Custom Applications

HYDROS Conceptual Model

Source Data

Responsive Design Fits Mobile Devices

GCD 5.0 - HYDROS

GCD 5.0 - HYDROS

Operations Dashboard

Interactive Web Mapping

GCD 5.0 - HYDROS

Dynamic Well Information

GCD 5.0 - HYDROS

Software Generated, Interactive Well Diagrams

GCD 5.0 - HYDROS

Software Generated, Interactive Time Domain Graphs

GCD 5.0 - HYDROS

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