Read the Latest from the SSP Innovations Blog

SSP Innovations offers a variety of blog posts that break down trending industry topics, including how to use the latest tools, what new releases to look for, and development tips specific to the systems you use. Browse for updates on the Esri roadmap, enterprise strategies, and how to get more out of your technology investments. Is there a topic you want to know more about or a question you want our team to answer in depth? Leave us a message in the comment form!

Why do IT and GIS projects Fail?

July 24, 2023 By: David Miller

IT projects typically fail or do not go to plan, and GIS falls into that bucket. The Project Management Institute (PMI) has found that only 26% of project succeed. They…

Data Migration Made Fun (and processed in minutes)

July 23, 2023 By: Aaron Leese

There are few people in the world that think data migration from an existing system to a new one is a thrilling activity (if you’re one of those people, you…

Utility Network Organizational Readiness

March 27, 2023 By: Dave DiSera

In our experience, technology-related organizational readiness (often referred to as organizational change management) is only successful with a fundamental understanding that it’s much more than just upgrading or implementing new…

A Bank/Unit Model for Utility Network

February 27, 2023 By: Joaquin Madrid, Ph.D. Adam Tonkin Chris Sanders

Although the industry understands that the Utility Network (UN) fulfills the vision to implement a modern GIS digital twin, its adoption still faces major challenges and obstacles, particularly within the…

Our Top SMART Goals to Help Your Team Transition to the Utility Network – Part 2

January 18, 2023 By: Bridgette Groves

In our last article Our Top SMART Goals to Help You Transition to the Utility Network - Part 1 we discussed the important role that preparation plays in technology transitions.…

Top 5 SSP Blogs in 2022

December 13, 2022 By: Carrie Turner

Can you believe it’s almost 2023? Personally, I’m having a hard time wrapping my head around where this year went. But it is that time of year if we are…

Getting Up and Running with the Pandas Library in Your GIS

December 12, 2022 By: Aaron Leese

Probably the most revolutionary-to-me thing I’ve learned in GIS/data science/computers/programming/python/yadda yadda yadda in the past 5 years is the pandas library in python (especially so, now that ESRI has introduced…

Using JupyterLab for Database Schema Discovery

November 7, 2022 By: Aaron Leese

One of my favorite things about working at SSP is that I get to help people use data to make informed decisions about their operations. Python has been my go-to…

SMART Goals to Help You Transition to the Utility Network – Part 1

With the end of the year rapidly approaching many organizations are wrapping up yearly performance reviews and looking ahead to future initiatives. By now, nearly everyone is familiar with the…

The ROI of Organizational Change Management: Part II of a Cost-Benefit Framework Series

October 11, 2022 By: Heather Siemens

Perhaps one of the most important benefit perspectives is the probability of meeting organizational and project-specific objectives. Based on data published in Prosci’s 2020 benchmarking report (11th edition), projects that…

Launching Utility Network into the AWS Cloud

October 10, 2022 By: Jenny Wolfe

As more companies move to the cloud, and utility companies are taking a leap towards the Esri Utility Network (UN), we explored whether you could deploy the UN in an…

The ROI of Organizational Change Management: Part I of a Cost-Benefit Framework Series

September 12, 2022 By: Heather Siemens

Many people involved in technology implementations are a little fuzzy about what Organizational Change Management (OCM) actually is or how it can benefit their project. OCM is a framework for…