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This module is assessed through one graded element worth 100%. You must achieve at least
50% to pass this module.
For this assignment you have to build a Project Management Consultancy Report based on the
Smart City OS case study.
Here’s how Hull is racing to become the UK’s first smart city.
For a city to become smart, it takes a combination of technologies and disciplines, seamlessly
integrated, with an understanding of how a huge number of customers – the population of your
city – with interact with it. In the UK, several cities are racing to become the nation’s smartest
city, from London to Manchester to the country’s current leader, Bristol.
Against those larger cities, Hull might seem like the underdog, but it’s been making considerable
in-roads over the past 12 months or so. In May last year, it was awarded £55,000 for smart
solutions to reduce traffic congestion. Later in the year, it started a more ambitious project – to
create a purpose-built, smart operating system (OS) for the city.
The project, Smart City OS is being delivered by Hull City Council, technology company Connexin
and Cisco. Connexin has been working with cities such as Newcastle Upon Tyne to deliver smart
city technologies, impacting on everything from lighting, mobility, security and waste.
“Developing Hull as a Smart City will give us the opportunity to work with public and private
sector partners to deliver real benefits to communities, businesses and visitors to Hull,” says
Councillor Daren Hale, Deputy Leader of Hull City Council.
The objectives
Hull has been quietly upgrading itself over the past five years. Its small size – with a population
of around 260,000 – has allowed it to make changes at a comparatively quick pace. This has
allowed Hull to become the UK’s first full-fibre city – it has the fastest broadband of anywhere in
the UK, according to broadband choices.
Hull City Council had already worked with Connexin on a long-range wide area network
(LoRaWAN), allowing for better business connectivity and the facility of Internet of Things
devices. Creating its own OS seemed the next logical step.
The aim of the project is to increase and enhance data sharing and decision-making, allowing the
Council to deliver more effective services across the board, from traffic management to health
and social care.
“The system pulls together information that currently sits within separate council computer
systems to enable city-wide management of the city’s public assets in real-time using state-of-
the-art technology, says Hale. “Residents will receive better information to make choices about
transport, traffic and parking. But this will be just the beginning of what is possible.”
Over the course of the project, it will drive new demand for a digitally skilled workforce, which
will then boost Hull’s economy. The Council is investing in skills for its young people as a result.
The methodology
The OS uses Connexin tech, built on Cisco Kinetic for Cities platform. It will pull together 12
separate council IT systems. Each system will process data from a variety of sources, including
city-wide sensors and Internet of Things devices. This data can be used to help facilitate various
services. Connexin, with its experience in implementing smart city solutions, is taking a five-step
process to the installation.
The first step is infrastructure: having the right level of area-wide connectivity to be able to
deliver smart city services. This is a combination of high-speed fibre networks and LoRaWAN
networks. Hull had a head start in this area – local telecoms company KCOM had invested £85m
in the city’s full-fibre network, and Connexin’s LoRaWAN was already in place.
Second is the installation of sensors across the city, to collect real-time data. This is where the 12
systems come in. Connexin’s Smart Bins is one of them. The others include the Siemens Stratos
platform for traffic management; the Bartec Auto ID system for managing waste; and the Datek
streetlighting system.
The Vaisala IceCast program will help to predict the weather and plan road maintenance. The
Teletrac Navman provides GPS technology, and the Citilogik system will monitor people
movement. Pitney Bowes is providing asset-management software for street furniture.
Elsewhere, Defra’s air-quality database, the Environment Agency’s flood monitoring platform,
Hydro-Logic flooding alert sensors and the Astun iShare GIS web mapping portal – provide the
rest of the data.
Stage three is the implementation of the platform and bringing all of the systems onto the OS.
This is expected to take around a year. This allows for stage four – gathering insights. Stage five
is about determining outcomes based on those insights.
“Our platform will enable Hull to become a “programmable city” and move from outdated siloed
service driven technologies to a central platform to improve service delivery, reduce costs and to
make the most of new technologies such as IoT, AI and machine learning algorithms,” says
Furqan Alamgir, Founder and CEO of Connexin.
It is recommended that you should also conduct your own independent research to strengthen
your knowledge of this project.
In the role of a Project Consultant you are required to develop a project report for the Smart City OS
project by leveraging the techniques and concepts you have covered in the module.
The report has to include the following tasks:
Critically discuss what skills the project manager of the Smart City OS project needs to develop
to be effective and reflect on possible actions the project manager of the Smart City OS project
should take to develop those skills. Support your arguments with academic literature and
references to other similar real projects.
Identify relevant stakeholders and create a stakeholder influence map for the Smart City OS
project and discuss why these are the most critical stakeholders emerging from your analysis.
Afterwards, by leveraging the academic literature and similar real projects, critically discuss how
you engage the stakeholders you have identified with the Smart City OS project.
Critically discuss the importance of the various project triangle parameters that will need to be
managed by the Smart City OS project manager over the course of the project, and how they
may inter-relate to each other. Discuss the impact of possible changes to this project. Support
your arguments with academic literature and references to other similar real projects.
Identify at least six conflicts that may arise when running the Smart City OS project and their
sources. Once you have identified those potential conflicts, critically discuss which actions can
be taken by the project manager to resolve them and suggest appropriate conflict management
and/or negotiation strategies to address these. Support your arguments with academic
literature and references to other similar real projects.
Task 7 – Teamwork (12 Marks)
Critically discuss what the project manager can do to build a highly successful team for the Smart
City OS project. In particular focus on the importance of how a diverse team can increase project
performance., Critically reflect on what actions the project manager can take to build a diverse
team for the Smart City OS project, and what are some of the challenges of working in diverse
teams.
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leader or the tutor.
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Learning Outcomes (LOs)
Project Excellent/Outstanding discussion of Good discussion of the Satisfactory discussion of the Limited, weak or inadequate
Triangle (12 the importance of the project triangle importance of the project importance of the project discussion of the importance
marks) parameters and their interrelation. triangle parameters and their triangle parameters and of the project triangle
Excellent/outstanding critical analysis interrelation. Good and clear their interrelation. parameters and their
and/or evaluation skills have been understanding of the topic. Satisfactory knowledge and interrelation. Limited, weak
demonstrated including comparison Good critical analysis and/or understanding of the topic. or inadequate knowledge
with at least one other similar real- evaluation skills. Satisfactory critical analysis and understanding of the
life project. Discussion is supported by and/or evaluation topic. Limited, weak or
Thorough knowledge and reference to appropriate Discussion is supported by inadequate critical analysis
understanding of the topic and sources some reference to and/or evaluation.
explicit evidence of the wider appropriate sources. Discussion is supported by
contexts of the topic with coherence limited, weak or
and the ability to synthesise inappropriate sources
appropriate principles by reference to
appropriate sources.
Presentation Excellent/Outstanding with precise, Good with precise, full and Satisfactory with precise, full Limited, weak or inadequate
and full and appropriate references and appropriate references and and appropriate references references with some errors.
Referencing notes at near-publishing standard. notes at a high standard. For and notes. There may be a Formatting and presentation
(10 marks) For a distinction the report will use a a merit the report will use a limited number of is limited, weak or
consistent approach to headings, consistent approach to references, but the correct inadequate.
tables and graphs. Formatting and headings, tables and graphs. format is used, albeit with
presentation is professional Formatting and presentation some errors. There may be
throughout. is good. some errors in formatting
and presentation, but the
report is satisfactory.
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