City Principles

Owned by Toby Page
Jan 12, 2021

This page details the work being done to refresh the previous set of ‘City Principles’ as managed by the City Digital Partnerships Team. This refresh aims to:

  • Clarify commitment to City Partnership working.

  • Introduce additional principles from the updated Government Digital Service Standard, TOGAF, Agile methodologies and other sources.

  •  Support decision-making for digital commissioning, guide projects and underpin business cases.

  • Address overlap between traditional architecture perspectives (business / application / technology).

Note: This page is a summary of the City Principles. For the full set of pages visit the City Architecture space.

City First

Deliver digital transformation that reflects shared aspirations and goals for the city.

Apply human-centred design

Ensure that the design of digital solutions takes into account everybody they impact on.

Information as an asset

Maximise the benefits of information and consider it separately from the technology through which it flows.

Work openly

 Adopt approaches that promote integration and reuse by partner organisations (in the city and beyond).

Deliver, iterate and improve

Deliver benefits early, incrementally and engage with users to discover opportunities for improvement.

Use and develop technology appropriately

Choose tools and technology to deliver benefits in a cost-effective way.