By Reader Expertise or Professional Role

Like a manual, this document is not intended to be read from beginning to end. While building a smart community is a challenging and complex process, not everyone will need to play every rolesome will specialize, by interest and skill, in the technical aspects; others will be more interested in finance or public policy. With this in mind, the Implementation Guide is organized and annotated so that the reader can pick and choose the sections that apply to their particular interest, with navigational aides to help you do that.

The icon bar on the side of many of the content pages is designed as a navigational guide. The four icons to the right of the section head represent four of the potential reader profiles for which this Guide was developed.

By Interest in The Smart CommunityTransformation Process

In addition to looking at the Implementation Guide depending on your profession or role in the community, another way to navigate the Implementation Guidebook depends on your interest in the different dimensions of the smart community transformation process.

We’ve developed four icons which represent what we believe are the four dimensions of smart community transformation. (This model is explained in detail in Section B.) If an aspect of smart community transformation is covered in a section, the icon for the relevant dimension(s) will appear to the left of the section head in the header for that section.

For example, perhaps you are interested in how the institutions in a community can be involved, or how they might be affected in the process of a community becoming “smart”. You would look for the sections marked by the icon for “Institutional Infrastructures.”

This icon marks sections which may be of interest to functional or project managers.

Marks sections which may be of particular interest to elected officials, or those interested in public policy.

Marks sections which may be of interest to financial managers, or those with a financial background.

Marks sections which may be useful to technical staff or technical project managers.

Key Individuals and Users:   Community members and leaders who are key to the success of the smart community.brKey Individuals and Users

Tools:  Usable pieces of technology (applications) that can be used to do the work of the community.

Technical Infrastructure:  The overall technical environment into which the tools “plug,” usually comprised of systems and networks.

Institutional Infrastructure

The means by which the community’s key institutions allocate their resources and carry out the institution’s work (policies, procedures, budgets).