Citizen & Stakeholder Engagement Munich
Smart Neighbourhood Lab Munich
Communication Munich

Central data management system

Vienna Data management platform & smart services

General facts

Description & main goal

A data platform shall be developed providing both public- and restricted- access data (for a limited part of all data in the project). Furthermore, the platform should offer visualization capabilities

Category
Platform
Deployment area
Vienna
Involved actors and their role

MA 01 (former MA14), MD-OS/PIKT:

Work package management,

Other towns: Sources of information

Key-contact person
Gerhard Hartmann
Brigitte Lutz
Main challenges & risks

Interface requirements cannot be fulfilled by the companies
Proprietary systems not offering data in open standards

Delivery date
M30

Specific facts

Overall technology stack

Based on FI-Ware. Detailed container description will follow with advancing implementation status.

Input dataset interfaces

File based (data uploads) and webservice-based (depending on supplier)

Output dataset interfaces

Web interface, file-/document-based export

Analysing capabilities

Web based interfaces and standard reporting functionalities, e.g. as offered by Spago-BI (now probably Knowage)

Visualization capabilities

Web based interfaces and standard reporting as offered by standard Business Intelligence (BI)-solution

Operation and maintenance (by whom)

MA 01 (former MA14 (ICT department of Vienna))

Stakeholder

City of Vienna administration, municipal departments for planning and energy (MA18, MA20, MA25)

Privacy related concerns (short description)

Currently primarily non-privacy-related data should be collected and processed. In case mechanisms regarding pseudonymization/anonymization or consolidation/aggregation to higher levels (regionally) will be applied.

Data (operation) security

Platform will be operated by MA14 and therefore be included in the common data safety and security mechanisms

Number of data (information) sources involved

Currently not know in detail (approximately 20 different data sources)

Main challenges & risks

Interface requirements cannot be fulfilled by the companies
Proprietary systems not offering data in open standards

Implementation status

In which phase is the project (Planning, Implementation, Operation or Evaluation)?
Planning and implementation
What is the current implementation status/ what is the current activity step?
Planning and setup of FI-Ware platform (trainings ongoing)
Is the implementation process on time or are there any derivations? Please outline any changes and reasons.
The solution will be tested in target area Simmering, but there is the possibility that it will be rolled out for the entire city.
Which project steps were performed since the last project reporting?
Not applicable (first reporting period)
Have there been changes regarding the planned solution? Please outline any changes and reasons.
None
 

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Risk and challenges

Which risks & challenges is the project currently facing?

The connection to the existing municipal department 34 (MA34, building and facility management) platform (monitoring & tele control system for public buildings) could cause (technical) problems. The gathering and implementation of data from external partners could cause problems.

Which are critical or seem invincible? Please provide a detailed description

None

Which previously identified risks and challenges have you managed successfully and how

As the city doesn´t want to be dependent (especially with regard to time and financial flexibility) on private companies, an open source product had to be found. After a detailed examination phase, a fitting product (FI-Ware) was found and the decision was simplified.
 

Lessons Learned and Recommendations

Which lessons learned can be derived up to this point from the implementation process?

None until now
Were external (not yet captured) lessons learned or best practices relevant for the project development? How did they support the project development and implementation?  Would this example a good add on for the WIKI?
Project: SMART-FI (City of Malaga)
The contact to Atos Spain was very helpful.
Were internal recommendations, lessons learned or best practices relevant for the project development (from the WIKI)? How did they support the project development and implementation?
Is the development/ implementation of the project affected/ supported by the peer-to-peer knowledge exchange and cooperative problem solving in SMARTER TOGETHER? How did the peer-to-peer process support the project? 
Not applicable (first reporting period)
Would you describe the project as best practice project and interesting for the WIKI? If yes, in what regard?
Not yet
 

What could be done better in comparable future projects (what needs to be done and what needs to be prevented)?

None

Next steps & To Do ́s

Please shortly outline the next steps planned for the implementation of the project.
Setup of Hardware (HW) and Software (SW) infrastructure until end of September. In parallel integration of monitoring data of project implementation sites (buildings).
Are there additional steps planned due to occurred challenges? Which corrective activities have been taken?
Not yet
 

Implementation status

In which phase is the project (Planning, Implementation, Operation or Evaluation)?
Implementation
What is the current implementation status/ what is the current activity step?
The IT structure (server structures, FI-Ware modules) are currently under development. The cost calculation for the upcoming years is in the planning phase.
Is the implementation process on time or are there any derivations? Please outline any changes and reasons.
The process is on time
Which project steps were performed since the last project reporting?
Multiple system options were examined, and FI-Ware was selected.
Have there been changes regarding the planned solution? Please outline any changes and reasons.
The solution will be tested in target area Simmering, but there is the possibility that it will be rolled out for the whole City of Vienna.
 

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Risk and challenges

Which risks & challenges is the project currently facing?

The connection to the existing municipal department 34 (MA34, building and facility management) platform (monitoring & tele control system for public buildings) could cause (technical) problems. The gathering and implementation of data from external partners could cause problems.

Which are critical or seem invincible? Please provide a detailed description

None

Which previously identified risks and challenges have you managed successfully and how

As the city doesn´t want to be dependent (especially with regard to time and financial flexibility) on private companies, an open source product had to be found. After a detailed examination phase, a fitting product (FI-Ware) was found and the decision was simplified.
 

Lessons Learned and Recommendations

Which lessons learned can be derived up to this point from the implementation process?

None until now
Were external (not yet captured) lessons learned or best practices relevant for the project development? How did they support the project development and implementation?  Would this example a good add on for the WIKI?
Project: SMART-FI (City of Malaga)
The contact to Atos Spain was very helpful.
Were internal recommendations, lessons learned or best practices relevant for the project development (from the WIKI)? How did they support the project development and implementation?
No
Is the development/ implementation of the project affected/ supported by the peer-to-peer knowledge exchange and cooperative problem solving in SMARTER TOGETHER? How did the peer-to-peer process support the project? 
Frequent exchange of information with other cities and task lead
Would you describe the project as best practice project and interesting for the WIKI? If yes, in what regard?
Not yet

What could be done better in comparable future projects (what needs to be done and what needs to be prevented)?

None

Next steps & To Do ́s

Please shortly outline the next steps planned for the implementation of the project.
The detailed identification and description of data will be carried out. The cost sharing and the responsibility of the future operation will be clarified.
Are there additional steps planned due to occurred challenges? Which corrective activities have been taken?
None
 

Implementation status

In which phase is the project (Planning, Implementation, Operation or Evaluation)?
Operation
What is the current implementation status/ what is the current activity step?
The IT structure (server structures, FI-Ware modules) are up and running. The cost calculation for the upcoming years is in the planning phase.
Is the implementation process on time or are there any derivations? Please outline any changes and reasons.
The process is on time
Which project steps were performed since the last project reporting?
All Fi-Ware modules are implemented, and the user interface is finalized.
The first data sets have been imported and the visualization has been advanced.
Have there been changes regarding the planned solution? Please outline any changes and reasons.
The solution will be tested in target area Simmering, but there is the possibility that it will be rolled out for the whole City of Vienna.
 

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Risk and challenges

Which risks & challenges is the project currently facing?

The connection of external data sources could pose a problem if the desired data is not provided  

Which are critical or seem invincible? Please provide a detailed description

Connection of the energy data of Wien Energie and Kelag

Which previously identified risks and challenges have you managed successfully and how

As the city doesn´t want to be dependent (especially with regard to time and financial flexibility) on private companies, an open source product had to be found. After a detailed examination phase, a fitting product (FI-Ware) was found and the decision was simplified.

Lessons Learned and Recommendations

Which lessons learned can be derived up to this point from the implementation process?

None until now
Were external (not yet captured) lessons learned or best practices relevant for the project development? How did they support the project development and implementation?  Would this example a good add on for the WIKI?
Project: SMART-FI (City of Malaga)
The contact to Atos Spain was very helpful.
Were internal recommendations, lessons learned or best practices relevant for the project development (from the WIKI)? How did they support the project development and implementation?
No
Is the development/ implementation of the project affected/ supported by the peer-to-peer knowledge exchange and cooperative problem solving in SMARTER TOGETHER? How did the peer-to-peer process support the project? 
Frequent exchange of information with other cities and task lead
Would you describe the project as best practice project and interesting for the WIKI? If yes, in what regard?
Not yet

What could be done better in comparable future projects (what needs to be done and what needs to be prevented)?

None

Next steps & To Do ́s

Please shortly outline the next steps planned for the implementation of the project.
All data providers must specify their interfaces and data sources so that they can be integrated into the system. Open: Kelag, Wien Energie. With the other data suppliers, it is only a matter of details of the data quality.
Are there additional steps planned due to occurred challenges? Which corrective activities have been taken?
None