GB/T 42881-2023 Sustainable cities and communities - Maturity model for smart sustainable communities
1 Scope
This document provides a top-level maturity model for smart sustainable communities (MMSSC), which can be used for self-assessment by individual cities and communities and as the basis for cross-city benchmarking. The MMSSC is a simple way for community leaders to assess how mature their community is in its journey towards adoption of good practices as set out in city standards for sustainable and smart-enabled development; to identify strengths and weaknesses; and then to quickly find their way to the standards and guidance that are most relevant to their needs.
2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
GB/T 40758-2021 Sustainable cities and communities – Vocabulary (ISO 37100: 2016, IDT)
GB/T 42883-2023 Smart community infrastructures - Maturity model for assessment and improvement (ISO 37153:2017, IDT)
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in GB/T 40758-2021 apply.
4 Methodology and structure
4.1 Context
The MMSSC shall use the methodology for developing maturity models in GB/T 42883- 2023. This is a highly relevant methodology which draws on other widely used standards for maturity models (such as the capability maturity model presented in the ISO/IEC15504 (all parts), which addresses maturity in the field of software development). This methodology and the resulting structure of the MMSSC is described below:
- 4.3 presents an overview of the MMSSC;
- 4.4 provides more detail on the dimensions and key characteristics of a sustainable and smart-enabled community that are assessed in the model;
- 4.5 describes the five levels of maturity which are used in the MMSSC to describe each of the key characteristics.
First, though, 4.2 sets out the principles that have been followed when applying the GB/T 42883-2023 methodology to develop the MMSSC.
4.2 MMSSC design principles
GB/T 42883-2023 is a methodology to develop maturity models for use in assessing the maturity of smart community infrastructure. In this document, it has been deployed in order to assess the maturity of a community as a whole. This broad scope for the MMSSC inevitably requires a number of choices to be made when applying the GB/T 42883-2023 methodology. These choices are informed by eight principles of what the MMSSC should be, as shown in Table 1.
There could be tensions between some of these principles, for example, the more comprehensive the model becomes, the more detailed it gets and hence less simple to use. In balancing these trade-offs, Principle 1 (user-focus) has been used as the key principle.
4.3 Overview of the MMSSC structure
A high-level summary of the MMSSC structure is shown in Figure 1. As it illustrates, the model is a matrix, in which a set of 32 characteristics (strategy management; citizen-centric service management; and digital and physical resource management; sustainable principle) are each defined against five levels of maturity (on a 1 to 5 scale in which each level represents an improvement in performance from the previous level).
4.4 describes the characteristics and dimensions, and 4.5 describes the definitions for the maturity levels. The achievement criteria table that results is set out in Annex A; it provides detailed descriptions of the criteria that a particular characteristic must meet in order to reach a particular level of maturity.
4.4 Dimensions and characteristics of a sustainable and smart-enabled community
The MMSSC assesses a community across four dimensions.
Dimensions 1 to 3 of the model assess the city's maturity in establishing smart enablers. The dimensions being assessed are derived from best practices described within national standards for smart cities and smart community infrastructures1).
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GB/T 42881-2023 Sustainable cities and communities―Maturity model for smart sustainable communities (English Version)
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GB/T 42881-2023
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Detail of GB/T 42881-2023
Standard No.
GB/T 42881-2023
English Name
Sustainable cities and communities―Maturity model for smart sustainable communities
GB/T 42881-2023 Sustainable cities and communities - Maturity model for smart sustainable communities
1 Scope
This document provides a top-level maturity model for smart sustainable communities (MMSSC), which can be used for self-assessment by individual cities and communities and as the basis for cross-city benchmarking. The MMSSC is a simple way for community leaders to assess how mature their community is in its journey towards adoption of good practices as set out in city standards for sustainable and smart-enabled development; to identify strengths and weaknesses; and then to quickly find their way to the standards and guidance that are most relevant to their needs.
2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
GB/T 40758-2021 Sustainable cities and communities – Vocabulary (ISO 37100: 2016, IDT)
GB/T 42883-2023 Smart community infrastructures - Maturity model for assessment and improvement (ISO 37153:2017, IDT)
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in GB/T 40758-2021 apply.
4 Methodology and structure
4.1 Context
The MMSSC shall use the methodology for developing maturity models in GB/T 42883- 2023. This is a highly relevant methodology which draws on other widely used standards for maturity models (such as the capability maturity model presented in the ISO/IEC15504 (all parts), which addresses maturity in the field of software development). This methodology and the resulting structure of the MMSSC is described below:
- 4.3 presents an overview of the MMSSC;
- 4.4 provides more detail on the dimensions and key characteristics of a sustainable and smart-enabled community that are assessed in the model;
- 4.5 describes the five levels of maturity which are used in the MMSSC to describe each of the key characteristics.
First, though, 4.2 sets out the principles that have been followed when applying the GB/T 42883-2023 methodology to develop the MMSSC.
4.2 MMSSC design principles
GB/T 42883-2023 is a methodology to develop maturity models for use in assessing the maturity of smart community infrastructure. In this document, it has been deployed in order to assess the maturity of a community as a whole. This broad scope for the MMSSC inevitably requires a number of choices to be made when applying the GB/T 42883-2023 methodology. These choices are informed by eight principles of what the MMSSC should be, as shown in Table 1.
There could be tensions between some of these principles, for example, the more comprehensive the model becomes, the more detailed it gets and hence less simple to use. In balancing these trade-offs, Principle 1 (user-focus) has been used as the key principle.
4.3 Overview of the MMSSC structure
A high-level summary of the MMSSC structure is shown in Figure 1. As it illustrates, the model is a matrix, in which a set of 32 characteristics (strategy management; citizen-centric service management; and digital and physical resource management; sustainable principle) are each defined against five levels of maturity (on a 1 to 5 scale in which each level represents an improvement in performance from the previous level).
4.4 describes the characteristics and dimensions, and 4.5 describes the definitions for the maturity levels. The achievement criteria table that results is set out in Annex A; it provides detailed descriptions of the criteria that a particular characteristic must meet in order to reach a particular level of maturity.
4.4 Dimensions and characteristics of a sustainable and smart-enabled community
The MMSSC assesses a community across four dimensions.
Dimensions 1 to 3 of the model assess the city's maturity in establishing smart enablers. The dimensions being assessed are derived from best practices described within national standards for smart cities and smart community infrastructures1).
