Implementation of Project Management Concept for Conversion into a Smart City: A Case Study on Agartala

Abstract Recently the smart city concept has become a burning topic in India. The government of India has already selected more than hundred cities to be converted into smart cities. Agartala, the capital of Tripura, is one of such selected cities. There are numerous applications of engineering aspects in the course of conversion of a city into a smart city. Project Management is one such area which has tremendous application in smart city development. But extensive literature reviews show only the concept, various constituents, and effects of a smart city on its citizens. No systematic procedure of implementation of different activities with a view to converting a city into a smart city using the concept of Project Management from nascent stage has been found in literature. Application of Project Management can help a lot the competent authority to get a clear idea on different components of smart city project. The present work highlights the application of Project Management on smart city development. Agartala city has been considered as a case study for this present work due to its typical geographical location as well as different activities it requires to start with. The degree of importance of different activities in the network diagram of the project has been decided by applying multi criteria decision making tools. Thus, this present work finally determines the total project completion time together with critical activities of the project. This work can give rise to a general idea in the competent authorities dealing with other cities also.