Overview
IEC SRD 63320-2:2025 - Smart city use case collection and analysis: Smart urban planning for smart cities - Part 2: Use case analysis is a Systems Reference Deliverable published by the IEC in 2025. It defines a systems-based methodology to collect, catalogue and analyse real-world use cases of smart urban planning (SUP). The document extracts planning requirements from use cases, identifies stakeholder needs and technology gaps, and provides recommendations to inform future standardization work and the development of interoperable smart city solutions.
Key topics and technical scope
This standard focuses on practical, repeatable processes and structured databases for SUP use-case analysis, including:
- Approach for use case collection and analysis - a staged method to gather and validate legitimate SUP use cases.
- Use case databases construction - templates and data models for use cases, human actors, non‑human actors, user stories and tool requirements.
- Planning tool inventory & stakeholder identification - methods to map tools, roles and responsibilities across planning workflows.
- Urban information collection, analysis and interpretation - requirements for collecting urban data, analysing datasets and deriving actionable indicators.
- Parametric planning and strategy comparison - modelling approaches to evaluate planning options and trade-offs.
- Lifecycle steps - procedures for presenting, reviewing, approving and publishing plans, plus formulation of planning conditions, supervision of implementation and dynamic monitoring.
- Integrative analysis - human ecosystem analysis, classification of smart tools, technology requirements and external requirement analysis.
- Standard recommendations - hierarchy of standards and lists of technology, application and external standards to address identified gaps.
Practical applications and users
IEC SRD 63320-2:2025 is designed for stakeholders who implement or influence smart urban planning:
- Smart city planners and service providers - to structure use-case repositories, requirements and procurement specifications.
- Government agencies and policy-makers - to align planning processes, stakeholder engagement and monitoring practices with international best practice.
- Technology vendors and system integrators - to design interoperable tools, data schemas and parametric planning solutions.
- Standards developers and researchers - to prioritize standardization items and validate reference models and architectures.
- Urban data scientists and consultants - to apply the standard’s databases and analysis steps in decision-support systems.
Related standards and resources
- Part of the IEC 63320 series on smart city use-case collection and analysis; this document includes annexes with detailed database schemas and a bibliography.
- Contains structured lists referencing published standards related to technology, application, and external requirements (see tables in the publication).
- Use this SRD to inform development of procurement specs, interoperability frameworks and future IEC/ISO standardization projects for smart cities.
Keywords: IEC SRD 63320-2:2025, smart urban planning, smart city use case analysis, urban data, standards recommendations, stakeholder needs, planning tools.