GIS for Management Decision Support and Planning Course

Name: Advanced GIS for Management Decision Support and Project Planning Course
Availability: InStock

Turn spatial data into ranked site options, project monitoring maps and clear evidence for planners, project managers and senior decision makers

GIS for Management Decision Support and Planning Course

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Duration: 5 days
Format: Classroom
Cities: Madrid, Manama, Casablanca, Al Jubail, Lisbon, Cape town and more
Next session: 5 – 9 October 2026, Madrid
Average fee: 5,800 €

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Overview

Advanced GIS for Management Decision Support and Project Planning is a 5-day course for planners, project managers, GIS specialists and decision makers who leave with a spatial decision brief for a real site or project choice. The course addresses maps that describe places but never settle a decision, by applying GIS for decision support: spatial data preparation, suitability modeling, multi-criteria decision analysis, project monitoring maps and evidence presentation. GIS for decision support and project planning is taught by Agile Leaders Training Center.

Who Should Attend

Planning teams responsible for land use, infrastructure and service coverage proposals
Project management teams responsible for scheduling, locating and tracking capital works
GIS teams responsible for spatial databases, analysis models and map production
Senior managers responsible for approving investments, sites and resource allocation
Asset and operations teams responsible for field networks and maintenance priorities

The course assumes participants already work with maps, spatial data or planning decisions, and it leaves out introductory software training and programming.

Departments and Industries

The course serves departments and industries that locate, plan, monitor or approve work across geographic areas.

Municipal and urban planning departments
Transport, roads and utilities organizations
Real estate development and retail network planning
Health, education and emergency service planning units
Oil, gas, mining and environmental management functions
Project management offices in construction and engineering firms

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

Evaluate spatial data quality, projection and fitness for a decision
Apply overlay, proximity and network analysis to planning questions
Build weighted site suitability models with multi-criteria decision analysis
Use spatial scenarios to compare project locations and phasing
Design monitoring maps and dashboards that track project progress
Build a spatial decision brief for senior decision makers

Course Agenda

Day 1: Spatial Data Foundations for Decisions

Decision Framing Canvas: Question, Geography, Options and Criteria
Vector and Raster Data Models for Planning Layers
Coordinate Reference Systems and Projection Checks for Project Areas
Spatial Data Quality Review: Completeness, Accuracy and Currency
Attribute Joins and Geodatabase Structure in ArcGIS Pro and QGIS

Day 2: Spatial Analysis Methods

Overlay Analysis Tools for Constraint and Exclusion Mapping
Buffer and Proximity Analysis for Service Catchments
Network Analysis for Travel Time, Routing and Coverage
Hot Spot and Density Surfaces for Demand Patterns
Remote Sensing Imagery for Land Cover and Change Detection

Day 3: Suitability Modeling and Site Selection

Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis Matrix for Location Choices
Criteria Standardization and Reclassification of Raster Layers
Weighted Overlay Model Built in ModelBuilder or the QGIS Graphical Modeler
Sensitivity Testing of Criteria Weights and Thresholds
Site Shortlisting Scorecard for Candidate Parcels

Day 4: Mapping for Project Planning and Monitoring

Spatial Work Breakdown Map Linking Tasks to Locations
Scenario Comparison Maps for Phasing and Alternative Alignments
Field Data Collection Workflow for Progress Updates
Operations Dashboard Design with Status, Indicators and Alerts
Story Maps and Map Layout Standards for Decision Audiences

Day 5: Applied Spatial Decision Practice and Capstone

Exercise: Screening a Project Area with Constraint and Proximity Layers
Exercise: Running a Weighted Suitability Model for a New Facility
Exercise: Building a Progress Monitoring Dashboard for a Capital Project
Exercise: Stress-Testing a Site Ranking Against Changed Weights
Capstone: Presenting a Spatial Decision Brief to a Mock Approval Panel

Practical Exercises

The course includes suggested activities that link spatial analysis to management choices.

Suggested activity: audit a planning dataset for projection, gaps and currency before analysis
Suggested activity: model service coverage for a clinic or retail network using travel time
Suggested activity: rank candidate sites with a weighted suitability model and defend the weights
Suggested activity: turn a project schedule into a location-based progress map

FAQs

Who is Advanced GIS for Management Decision Support training suited to, and what does it assume?

It suits planners, project managers, GIS specialists and decision makers who already use maps or spatial data at work. It assumes working familiarity with a desktop GIS and does not teach software basics or programming.

How does a GIS for decision support course differ from an introductory GIS course?

An introductory GIS course teaches software operation and map making. A GIS for decision support course applies analysis, suitability modeling and scenario comparison to management questions and presents the results as evidence for a decision.

How is multi-criteria decision analysis used in GIS site selection?

Multi-criteria decision analysis converts criteria such as access, cost, land constraints and demand into standardized layers, assigns weights, and combines them in a weighted overlay that ranks every location by suitability.

How can GIS support project planning and monitoring?

GIS links project tasks, assets and progress data to locations, so planners can compare alignments, phase works by area, and track status on maps and dashboards that show where delays and risks concentrate.

How should spatial evidence be presented to decision makers?

Spatial evidence works best as a short brief: the decision question, the options on a clear map, the criteria and weights used, the ranking, and the sensitivity of that ranking to changed assumptions.

Conclusion

Participants take back a spatial decision brief that pairs a tested suitability model with maps ready for an approval meeting. The brief gives planning and project teams a repeatable method for turning spatial data into ranked options. Decision makers then receive location choices with visible criteria, weights and trade-offs rather than a single map.

credits: 5 credit per day

Course Mode: full-time

Provider: Agile Leaders Training Center

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Location	Dates	Duration	Mode	Price
Madrid	Week 41, 2026 5 – 9 October 2026	5 Days	Onsite	€5,700
Manama	Week 41, 2026 11 – 15 October 2026	5 Days	Onsite	€4,700
Casablanca	Week 42, 2026 12 – 16 October 2026	5 Days	Onsite	€4,100
Al Jubail	Week 42, 2026 18 – 22 October 2026	5 Days	Onsite	€5,700
Lisbon	Week 44, 2026 26 – 30 October 2026	5 Days	Onsite	€5,700
Cape town	Week 44, 2026 1 – 5 November 2026	5 Days	Onsite	€4,500
Kuala Lumpur	Week 45, 2026 2 – 6 November 2026	5 Days	Onsite	€5,200
Kuwait	Week 45, 2026 8 – 12 November 2026	5 Days	Onsite	€5,500
Cairo	Week 46, 2026 9 – 13 November 2026	5 Days	Onsite	€4,100
Paris	Week 47, 2026 16 – 20 November 2026	5 Days	Onsite	€5,700
Abu Dhabi	Week 47, 2026 16 – 20 November 2026	5 Days	Onsite	€4,700
Muscat	Week 47, 2026 22 – 26 November 2026	5 Days	Onsite	€5,700
London	Week 48, 2026 23 – 27 November 2026	5 Days	Onsite	€5,700
Rome	Week 49, 2026 30 November – 4 December 2026	5 Days	Onsite	€5,700
Prague	Week 49, 2026 30 November – 4 December 2026	5 Days	Onsite	€6,000
Amsterdam	Week 50, 2026 7 – 11 December 2026	5 Days	Onsite	€5,700
Frankfurt	Week 50, 2026 7 – 11 December 2026	5 Days	Onsite	€5,700
Toronto	Week 50, 2026 13 – 17 December 2026	5 Days	Onsite	€12,000
Dubai	Week 51, 2026 14 – 18 December 2026	5 Days	Onsite	€4,500
New York	Week 52, 2026 21 – 25 December 2026	5 Days	Onsite	€12,000

Frequently asked questions

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OverviewAdvanced GIS for Management Decision Support and Project Planning is a 5-day course for planners, project managers, GIS specialists and decision makers who leave with a spatial decision brief for a real site or project choice. The course addresses maps that describe places but never settle a decision, by applying GIS for decision support: spatial…

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GIS for Management Decision Support and Planning Course