In the following video, the lecturer Dr. Grażyna Musiatowicz-Podbiał describes how to do strategic planning step-by-step and how to use strategic planning tools such as SWOT Matrix, Balanced Scorecard, and S.M.A.R.T goals definition for Smart Sustainable City Development.

Main Takeaways

• The strategic planning process starts with the determination of the city’s current position and its surrounding environment; ​
• General pillars of the strategy should ensure a holistic point of view and goals  correspondence;​
• A ‘sustainable city’ characterize the development of the city when social, economic and environmental aspects are harmoniously integrated and balanced; and,​
• S.M.A.R.T. model helps to define achievable, specific, and measurable goals and serves well for further performance monitoring.