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Big-Picture Tools with Best Practices for the Smart Grid

Issues, Needs

As baby boomers retire, operational expertise and big-picture understanding walks out the door.

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Innovative workforce education is vital for accelerating competency development and installing smart grid technologies.

Systemic knowledge is crucial to strategic success, yet it is the most difficult type of knowledge to capture.

Conceptualize Collaborate Communicate Innovate

SmartGridView, The Solution

How SmartGridView Works• Organizes knowledge using an advanced ontology• Builds Views that reveal essential conceptual relationshipsEnables rapid and

accurate understanding of technologies from all perspectivesEnhances big-picture thinkers’ ability to share complex information quicklyDelivers transparency for all forms of planning

What’s Next?• Currently, SmartGridView is a service tailored for utilities and vendors. In the

future, it will transition into a commercial information clearinghouse, complete with tools for sensemaking, scenario planning, interpreting markets, evolving the business model, and packaging investments.SGV will include customized resources for specific stakeholder groups, including government agencies, regulators, standard development organizations, information providers, traders, venture capitalists, and consumers.