1、Still bufferingTime for a smart city reboot2Executive summaryBuilding a truly smart city is ambitious and fraught with risk a significant portion of smart city projects currently underway worldwide are expected to be discontinued by 2023.As governments and city planners look to technological innovat

2、ion to manage urban growth sustainably,their efforts have been repeatedly hampered by funding bottlenecks,technology-related pitfalls,citizen trust issues,and societal polarization.For cities burdened by legacy infrastructure,seeking to build an incrementally smarter city may be more achievable.Stag

3、ing technology projects helps ensure they will be compatible with the complex legacy infrastructure.This approach also ensures that technology capabilities meet community needs,garnering support more easily.Greenfield cities must overcome their own unique challenges as citizens relocate to new urban

4、 areas and adapt to technology-enabled lifestyles.City planners are tasked with managing the risks associated with the big-bang delivery model typical of these projects while also planting the cultural green shoots that will entice would-be citizens to move there.Smart city efforts are often beset b

5、y problems late in the project lifecycle,which might have been anticipated earlier.This highlights the importance of effective project planning and funding at the outset.City planners must weigh the merits of various approaches(centralized versus decentralized)in their city context and judge whether

6、 control and delivery speed or innovation and vendor diversity will be more important to achieving project ambitions.They must also consider how funding needs will evolve over the entire project lifecycle,setting aside allowances for technology maintenance and future enhancements.Proofs of concept s