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Ben Di-Lorenzo
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Subject:
ESRI Radar Mobile App Channel.pptx [SEC=OFFICIAL]
Date:
Monday, 16 January 2023 2:06:47 PM
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ESRI Radar Mobile App Channel
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Purpose
• Outline the decommission plan (and the user experience) for the existing radar
functionality used in www.weather.bom.gov.au and the Bureau Weather App
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Background
• Bureau weather app uses a mixture of infrastructure and technology to present the rain data
• The current solution has limitations from a performance and scalability perspective and a
new tool (Mapbox) has been integrated to address this Information
• With a new mapping solution developed and ready for releas
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migrate users off versions of the app that have the "old" mapping tool and onto the newer
version
• www.weather.bom.gov.au uses the same data source for it's radar as the Bureau weather
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• This change also causes for the Mobile App to move from a reflectivity (dbz) data feed to a
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rain rate (mm/hr) data feed
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Product Assessment Criteria
• The rain image product is stil  required across all digital channels
• Customers are able to the new 90min past / 90 min forecast rain image from the update app
• Customer are able to access the 60mins past observation rain image from the existing web and new web
• The assessment is focused at decommissioning older Mobile app versions and
the www.weather.bom.gov.au total website, which both include the reflective radar data feed
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Simplified Evaluation Questions for Retirements / Consolidations
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Is this product required to support a priority sector plan?
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product is critical, solution is
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Is this product required to support regulatory, legal, or other
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Yes, but solution wil  be
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agreements?
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What is the customer impact?
Low impact
Proton has traffic, but have
alternative options to access
more updated information
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What is the residual reputational risk?
Low
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What is the overal  residual risk of this decision?
Negligible
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Question 3: What is the customer impact?
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Low Impact
•Low negative impacts
•Limited support for positive impacts
•Limited support for customer operations
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•Moderate negative impacts
•Moderate support for positive impacts
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High Impact
•High negative impacts
•High support for positive impacts
•High support for customer operations
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Question 4: What is the residual reputational risk?
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The reputational risk can be managed to a negligible residual level.
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The reputational risk can be managed to a low residual level.
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The reputational risk can be managed to a high residual level.
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Extreme
The reputational risk can be managed to an extreme residual level.
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Question 5: What is the overall residual risk of this decision?
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Background
• 7th December 2022 Mapbox app release v6.1.0
• 17 January 2023
• Decommission message placed on weather.bom.gov.auInformation
• Depreciation toast shown on mobile app (version 5.2.0 and
of newer)
• 21 February 2023
• Weather.bom.gov.au decommissioned
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• App depreciated screen shown on mobile app (version 5.2.0 and newer)
• Radar basemap replaced with a watermark containing the upgrade message (for versions prior to 5.2.0)
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• March 2023
• App radar decommission
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Timeline
One month between notifying users
and then depreciation of the app
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Support existing app
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Depreciation/update toast
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Weather.bom.gov.au decommission
• www.weather.bom.gov.au wil  be switched off at
the same time as the app decommission screen
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• Decomm
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of the "switch of "
• Features are out of sync with the website and
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• Currently there over 260k hits (30 days) to the
website
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visit our website
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Document 2
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Section 22 - removed with consent
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Ben Di-Lorenzo; Section 22 - removed with consent
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RE: ESRI Radar Mobile App Channel.pptx [SEC=OFFICIAL]
Date:
Friday, 16 December 2022 11:46:45 AM
Thanks Ben, I will do.
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Digital Planning Manager
Digital Channels & Customer Experience Design, Data and Digital Group
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From: Ben Di-Lorenzo Section 22 - removed with consent@bom.gov.au>
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Subject: ESRI Radar Mobile App Channel.pptx [SEC=OFFICIAL]
Hi Section 22 - removed with consent
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I presented your pack at PAG to discuss the decommission of old radar experience..
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The action is for you to come back and do a final preso before pushing the trigger…
Can you work with
on the comms plan aswell
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Document 3
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RE: differences between weather.bom v app / web [SEC=OFFICIAL]
Date:
Monday, 16 January 2023 4:43:53 PM
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Off the top here are some other differences:
Weather.bom (Proton) does not have the following that are in the app:
72 hours of hourly forecast data (proton has 3 hourly data)
Hourly wind gust
3 hourly Total wave height
Updated radar with 90 minutes observed rain and 90 mins forecast in 5 minute time steps
(Proton radar only has 60 mins forecast in 10 min time steps)
Moon phase
Proton does not have the latest rainfall changes
Proton does not have the marine information including:
Waters forecast
Tide times
Warning push notifications
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Past Weather for 72 hours
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National warnings list by state
Dark mode
These are the key feature-based differences.
Section 22
From: Ben Di-Lorenzo Section 22 - removed with consent@bom.gov.au>
Sent: Monday, 16 January 2023 4:03 PM Freedom
To: Section 22 - removed with consent@bom.gov.au>; Section 22 - removed with consent@bom.gov.au>
Subject: differences between weather.bom v app / web [SEC=OFFICIAL]
Hi Section 22
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As mentioned, there are feature differences between weather.bom and the app/web.
Some of the differences are below, however Section 22 might be able to add a couple more.
Proton does not have the latest rainfall changes
Proton does not have the marine information
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Ben Di-Lorenzo General Manager – Digital Channels & Customer Experience Design
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