Method

Cityfi developed clearly articulated outcomes for a five-year smart cities strategy, created a two-year action agenda with tangible metrics and goals, including strategies for scaling successful pilots, and proposed a governance structure for overseeing smart city efforts. It also designed an internal and external communications strategy to build awareness and support implementation and provided support for initial steps in implementation, including internal staff engagement. Through a seven-month engagement, a multi-department working group was convened to set the vision and goals of Denver Smart City, alongside exploring opportunities to build on existing efforts to modernize information technology infrastructure, pilot and test connected infrastructure, and build capacity among city staff through data analytics training and partnerships.