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NPSpecies

Portrait of NRPC Information Systems, ca. 2006. NPSpecies. Naturebib. NPS Data Store. NPStoret. Unit Codes. RPRS. Integration of Resource Management Applications (IRMA). November, 2005 Charge from IMAC and NRPC Director:. Evaluate the current systems from a user’s perspective

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NPSpecies

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  1. Portrait of NRPC Information Systems, ca. 2006 NPSpecies Naturebib NPS Data Store NPStoret Unit Codes RPRS

  2. Integration of Resource Management Applications (IRMA)

  3. November, 2005 Charge from IMAC and NRPC Director: • Evaluate the current systems from a user’s perspective • Identify redundancies… • Determine changes needed to streamline data entry and retrieval • NatureBib • NPSpecies & Biodiversity Datastore • NR-GIS Data Store • Metadata Tools & Editor

  4. From IMAC… to IRMA

  5. IMAC IRMA

  6. October, 2006 Natural Resource Program Center IT Policy • NRPC will: • integrate all applications (start with NatureBib, NPSpecies, NPS Data Store, but will eventually include PEPC, RPRS, and other systems) • eliminate redundant data storage • streamline standard functions across applications…

  7. New Natural Resource Program Center IT Policy NRPC will begin transition to service-oriented architecture (SOA), starting with NPSpecies, NatureBib, and the NPS Data Store. SOA: an alternative to complex, inflexible systems (silos) that don’t share data well and aren’t meeting users’ needs. Full SOA transition is a long-term process; however, we will show near-term results.

  8. New Natural Resource Program Center IT Policy NRPC will create a central web portal, a single sign-on system, and a common user interface for all natural resource applications. Starting point is NPSpecies, NatureBib, and the NPS Data Store. To accomplish this task we brought in…..

  9. I R M A !

  10. What is IRMA ? • Integration of Resource Management Applications • Umbrella project that will plan and implement the new IT policy

  11. What is IRMA ? • Initial Focus: serving NPS users • Serving the general public comes later Policy will eventually encompass other NRPC applications such as Research Permit and Reporting (RPRS), Planning, Environment, and Public Comment (PEPC), and others.

  12. What is SOA? Traditional SOA* *Simplified

  13. Project has strong interest and support from DOI and NPS OCIO SOA is considered DOI “best practice” and is becoming the industry standard. NRPC is in the forefront—no similar NPS precedents of SOA transition that we can look to.

  14. Prototype Natural Resource Data Portal Released at 2007 DM Conference ? Can we build central access to three applications? Can we simplify user logins and passwords? ? Can we start working outside of our silos? What are the major obstacles? ? Are we on the right track with what our users want?

  15. Single access point to NPSpecies, NPS Data Store, NatureBib

  16. changes for managers, for developers, for users

  17. What we thought you wanted How we designed it How the programmers wrote it How we described it to you

  18. How it was documented What was installed How it was supported What you really needed

  19. The point is: User-driven design. Making the applications fit the user, instead of the user fitting the applications.

  20. User-Driven Design The foundation is User Requirements: • Functional Analysis • What do you want to do? • Workflow Analysis • How do you do it?

  21. Reorganization - Roles • Project Management • Functional Analysis • Architecture • SOA • Application • Database • User Interface Design • Development • Quality Assurance • Configuration Management & Support Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)

  22. SOA Implementation for Natural Resources at NPS 1-year timeline April – September, 2007 October, 2007 – March, 2008 Task 1: SOA Roadmap - 5 Year Plan Task 2: Institute Organizational Changes; Improve Software Development Life Cycle Task 3: Pilot Implementation Task 4: Integration with DOI SOA efforts, Case Study Task 5: SOA RoadmapImplementation

  23. Where are we now? • Randy Leonard – guiding the transition • Reorganizing IT team structures • Using new tools (SharePoint) • Upcoming weeks: gathering user requirements We need interested, creative end-users to set the direction of our NR IT systems.

  24. margaret_beer@nps.gov http://www1.nrintra.nps.gov/nrpc_soa http://10.147.158.151/portal/

  25. Overview of NRPC applications in a larger “IRMA” context George Wright Society Conference

  26. Objectives • Summary of current workflow • Initial vision of a search portal • More detailed process flows • Scenarios/Possibilities • Q & A George Wright Society Conference

  27. First a slight detour A layperson’s vision of interacting with an integrated NRPC application George Wright Society Conference

  28. Interaction with integrated applications • Step 1 George Wright Society Conference

  29. Step 2 the George Wright Society Conference

  30. Step 3 (optional) George Wright Society Conference

  31. Step 4 without George Wright Society Conference

  32. Current situation • Number of good “single-purpose” applications • Inability to easily leverage useful information or functionality, e.g., geospatial search/query • Written in lingua du jour • Data Entry • Query • Edit • Report • Data Entry • Query • Edit • Report • Data Entry • Query • Edit • Report • Data Entry • Query • Edit • Report Data Store NPSpecies NatureBib PEPC George Wright Society Conference

  33. Initial approach: search portal George Wright Society Conference

  34. More refined way of looking at bigger picture(add data) George Wright Society Conference

  35. Simplified view of “Get_Data” process George Wright Society Conference

  36. Potential scenario How would I obtain all relevant information on black-footed ferrets, and their prey, in all parks within 500 miles of Scottsbluff National Monument? George Wright Society Conference

  37. Solution… • Log onto portal • Specify search criteria, based on geography and species • Retrieve list of all products: RPRS numbers, proposed reintroduction plans, bibliographic references, status of species, maps of distribution • Determine/select relevant “hits” • Visualize “documents” in their native form, e.g., as a map, as a citation, etc. George Wright Society Conference

  38. Questions? • Which may be better answered by others in attendance (hint) George Wright Society Conference

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