1. U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey Sustaining Environmental Capital Initiative: Support Software Development Megan Eberhardt-Frank, Gail Montgomery, Tim Kern USGS Fort Collins Science Center

2. Goal  Allow subject matter experts to upload information and data on ecosystem services practices  Integrate larger agency wide data management and visualization tools  Serve integrated content to …

3. Content Flow User Public UI API Catalog and Repository Processing Engine DSS Pilots External Sources Stewards Studies

4. Software Tool Development  Input data pathways  Value-added data processing  Distribution pathways  Visualization  Software lifecycle support

5. Guiding Principles  Minimize manual processing  Design ways to keep content ripe  Constantly evaluate usage patterns  Bring data to user, not user to data  Success depends on simplification

6. Endpoints (aka Users!)  Management/Human  Decision makers  Technical/Human-ish  Decision Support Systems  Models  Web Applications  ArcGIS Tools  Mobile Applications

7. Web Visualization

9. Evaluate Usage Patterns  A/B testing – iterate UI elements  Click heatmapping for UIs  Web and mobile analytics  Performance impedance evaluation  Exploit monitoring  Feedback workflow

10. Web Visualization

11. Mobile Visualization t d our report. Mobile What’s Near Me? Mobile Tools Pilot & Case Studies Best Practices Map Information & Education

12. Minimize Fragility  Number of dependencies  Popularity  Technology changes  Hosting model  Support network

13. Software Lifecycle Support  Planning  Development  Monitoring  Maintenance  Policy assessment  User expectations

14. FY11 versus FY16 VisIDADAFunctional Test

15. FY11 versus FY16 VisIDADAFunctional Test Code AccessCode Versioning Issue Tracking Technical DocsPM-readable Docs Continuous Integration Unit Tests Authentication and Authorization Transport ProtocolPerformance

16. FY11 versus FY16 VisIDADAFunctional Test Code AccessCode Versioning Issue Tracking Technical DocsPM-readable Docs Continuous Integration Unit Tests Authentication and Authorization Transport ProtocolPerformance Security

17. Cost Mitigation  Shared components  Shared development tools  Sharing failure stories  Avoid all-in-one solutions  Avoid “free” Software-as-a-Service  Evaluate opportunities with enterprise solutions

18. Questions