# Framework for Developing an Information Technology
## 1 Introduction  
The introduction should briefly place the study in a broad context and highlight why the percentage of the world's population living in urban areas will increase to 60% by 2030 and around 70% by 2050 (United Nations, 2018), with repercussions on society, the economy and the environment. Because of the above, it is essential that governments promote the use of new information technologies to improve the quality of life of citizens.  
In Colombia, 75% of the population lives in urban centers, and it is estimated that this proportion will increase to 85% by 2050. This indicates that approximately 20 million people will arrive in cities, with housing, transportation, services public for social services, among others (Department National Planning, 2014).  
For this reason, the Colombian government must promote sustainable practices for the country, ensure that cities are more productive and intelligent, in order to improve the quality of life of citizens, care for the environment and allow connectivity in all cities. Information technologies are the fundamental pillar for the success of smart cities, as they make governments and private entities more transparent, improve the efficiency of urban goods and services, and that citizens interact with the city, thus improving the quality of life and smarter decision-making [1].  
The issue of smart cities is evolving in Colombia and there are significant advances based on the public policy of the intelligent cities and territories system of the Ministry of ICT [2], but most Colombian cities lack a defined roadmap, which would serve as a guide for the implementation of smart city initiatives. Therefore, it takes a great deal of effort for Colombia's local governments to align the way with the macro trends that are imposed in the smart cities that exist in the world today.  
This research work aims to design a framework to develop a model of maturity of Information Technologies (IT) that can be applied in smart city initiatives in Colombia,which will allow the determination of the level of technological development in the following IT dimensions: IT government, IT services, data management, and technological infrastructure.  
The intention with the proposed model is that it is practical and contextualized and can be implemented in any city that wants to transform into a smart city or for those that already are but want to improve their level of IT maturity. The proposed IT maturity framework will improve the identification of the current level of maturity of IT for the cities under study. Those cases will serve to establish a smart services implementation roadmap. Adopting maturity levels will align IT investments in local development plans.  
Then, in Section 2: State of the Art, a systematic review of literature on smart cities is presented, identifying reference standards, conceptual models and architecture, measurement indicators and maturity for IT. Part III Description of the IT Maturity Framework defines the information technology maturity model that guides the planning, design, and implementation of services applied to smart cities. Part IV Application Methodology describes the steps to apply the proposed framework to the case study in the city of Cerete, Cordoba (Colombia). Finally, Part V Results and Conclusions show the results, conclusions and recommendations for the adoption of the framework.