Investment Planning for Smart Region and Smart Cities
Bringing the power of analytics to drive regional strategy development, planning, collaboration, and progress measurement
Envisioning Outcomes of
Investments
• Begin with the end in mind.
• Analytics framework provides a flexible,
and comprehensive means for establishing
targets and evaluating options for achieving desired outcomes.
• Metrics provide the means to define and measure outcomes.
• Regional goals can be developed based on combination of underlying individual
communities.
• Different “lenses” can be configured to enable particular areas of emphasis to be
evaluated and lenses combined to see overall targets and project outcomes.
Courses of Action
• Evaluate options to meet goals – building portfolios of projects and programs.
• Define expected outcomes across goals over time based on the contributions of
projects and programs.
• Identify key stakeholders, potential sources of funding.
• Apply/leverage domain expertise for both conventional and emerging technologies;
assure that projects provide both the muscle and flexibility needed to adapt to and
succeed in fast-evolving technology and citizen landscapes.
• Consider Short-, Middle-, and Long-term needs and costs; assure that the overall
roadmap appropriately addresses the balance.
• Iteration and introspection of alternative courses of action instill community
involvement and participation; providing feedback to best address difficult
circumstances.
Measuring Progress
• Projected outcomes can be
measured against actuals.
Sources of variance can be
evaluated both in terms of timing
and magnitude.
• Plans can evolve and be
reshaped based on changing
circumstances and priorities.
• Detailed tracking/progress
reporting possible for all targets
and associated projects.