City Principles Refresh

Created by Toby Page
Last updated: Feb 09, 2021
2 min read

We are in the process of refreshing and sharing our “City Digital Principles”. This is an evolution of work completed a few years ago that aimed to consolidate thinking around agreed best practice for city partners.

These principles are directly influenced by goals defined by the Health and Wellbeing Strategy (in particular the priority ‘Maximise the benefits from information and technology’).

We are keen to underline the commitment that partner organisations have to partnership working by agreeing and publishing these principles.

The principles are being refreshed because it was recognised that there has been a shift in ways of working and industry best-practice that needed reflecting. Specifically, we have introduced additional principles from the updated Government Digital Service Standard, TOGAF, Agile methodologies and other sources. The refresh also moves away from being structured in just traditional architecture perspectives (business / application / technology) in order to reflect the overlap between these activities.

It is important to note that these principles are not intended to be an academic exercise. They will form a framework of activity and support from the team in order to:

  • Support decision-making for digital commissioning

  • Guide projects to ensure that digital transformation is well-considered, adopted and sustained.

  • Underpin business cases and support related funding opportunities.