Positive Factors

Negative Factors

Internal

・ Highly trained GIS developers are already on-board

・ World-class researcher practitioners are already on-board

・ Close relationships with EPA and both organic and conventional producers

・ Technical and financial resources are available

・ Excellent reputation of future application owners

・ Model is complex

・ Missing data

・ Data irregularities

External

・ Available applications have limitations

・ High interest in the application

・ High demand for the application

・ Boost public image

・ Opposition from conventional producers and agricultu- ral chemical producers

・ Long time of development and publishing

・ Similar applications exist, with limiting assumptions

・ Budget-cuts might affect the resources available for modelling and developing the new application