Assessment of maturity models for smart cities supported by maturity model design principles

The concept of smart cities has gained relevance over the years. City leaders plan investments with the aim of evolving the city towards a smart city. Several models and frameworks, of which maturity models, provide directions or support such investment decisions. Nevertheless, it is not always clear whether the maturity models developed so far are able to fulfil their proposed objectives. This paper identifies smart city maturity models and assesses them, taking into account an approach based on the design principles framework proposed by Pöppelbuß & Röglinger [1]. The main objective of this paper is to infer on the relevance of current maturity models for smart cities, taking into account their purpose. Furthermore, it aims at creating awareness towards the need for completeness when developing a maturity model.