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Title	A Framework To Guide And Support The Design Of A Smart City Based On The Pdca Cycle Approach
ID_Doc	1821
Authors	Correia D.; Lourenço Marques J.; Teixeira L.
Year	2025
Published	Journal of Systems and Information Technology, 27, 1
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JSIT-02-2022-0055
Abstract	Purpose: Information and communication technologies brought a new paradigm that allows policymakers to ground their actions on real-time events. Smart cities were initially conceived as a technological vision separate from urban planning. As a result, projects were rarely connected between departments, objectives were not aligned with strategic goals and there was a lack of citizen participation. This study aims to propose a framework to guide and support the design and implementation of a smart city. Design/methodology/approach: Interviews with eight policymakers and one secretary of state are conducted to explore current decision-making processes, specifically, to understand if and how smart city strategies are designed and who their main contributors are. Based on these findings, an inductive thematic analysis of existing literature studies to inspire the steps of the proposed framework is performed. Finally, these steps are discussed in a focus group with nine smart city experts to characterize the guidelines comprehensively. Findings: Policymakers confirmed the lack of a standard method and approach to orient their smart city strategies. Results describe a flexible, participatory framework that envisions 12 steps divided into 4 phases with dedicated guidelines. Originality/value: This paper integrates the plan-do-check-act cycle approach into the thinking for urban planning design. In addition, it raises the need to reflect on the definition of a country’s strategic plan and the alignment and execution of cities’ roadmaps. © 2024, Emerald Publishing Limited.
Author Keywords	Guidelines; Participatory methodologies; Plan-do-check-act; Roadmap; Smart city; Urban planning

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