The GIS Data Quality Project

Recently I decided to build my own GIS system by integrating existing software.  It's actually not a new idea, I've wanted to do it for years and now is the right time.  I've used a lot of GIS software, both Open Source (OSS) and Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) for various applications.  I viewed the software available to me as a big toolbox that I could reach into whenever I needed to get a job done.  I filled the role of GIS "handyman" for many years in aerial mapping, but never had the opportunity to build a system.

For the past 5 years, I've been a developer and administrator on a n-tier enterprise application at a manufacturing company, which has been a radical departure from my past in GIS.  The approach to system development and data management is very rigorous and disciplined at my current company, and I would like to take what I've learned and apply it to a GIS system project.

So what are the objectives?

1. Combine the experience I outlined in the 2 paragraphs above (GIS + Enterprise Application Development)
2. Learn about System Design and the System Design Process
3. Integrate software components into a system that facilitates a workflow

There are a lot of great resources online to guide me along the process, including system design documents, development tutorials, and the manuals for the software that will be used.  The application I'm choosing is a GIS data quality evaluation system, I'm going to call it the 

GIS Data Quality System

So the adventure begins...