Edward KURWAKUMIRE
ABSTRACT
Geographical Information Systems (GIS) are being implemented in the public sector because of their potential to improve service delivery. The impact of GIS is however, often not measured in practice. This study investigates the current GIS evaluation practices in the context of the public sector of Uganda. This encompasses the various methodologies employed in practice in GIS evaluation. This research adopts an interpetivist stance with an object to understand, learn and explain the evaluation and not only to perform the evaluation. The findings reflect that 40% of the surveyed organisations are evaluating their GIS. Questionnaire surveys, stakeholder needs assessment and project evaluations are the common evaluation methods. Lack of evaluation is attributed to human resource and financial constraints. This study reflects that GIS evaluation is still a concept under development in the context of the public sector of Uganda. The evaluations carried out in practice are mostly informal and summative.
ICT and Applications 