Reports on DCC BETA
Some reports or writings about the development and delivery of Dublin City Council BETA over the years.
DCC Beta is the innovation ecosystem, and provides a platform through which a number of individual “Beta Projects” can be delivered.
Beta Projects act as trials and experiments and address key issues that the council is seeking to understand before implementing on a city-wide scale.
(Taking an iceberg analogy, 'Beta Projects' would be represented by visible but smaller portion above water, whereas 'DCC Beta' would be the large portion below the waterline.)
This section provides you with more detail on both of these aspects.
Some reports or writings about the development and delivery of Dublin City Council BETA over the years.
There are different stages of Beta Projects to speed up the process and increase transparency.
You can follow the progress of all current Beta Projects here.
People regularly ask as to why Beta Projects are removed when they're at concept stage. We’d like to explain why.
Can we find better ways of gathering feedback from locals before a solution is installed on their street?
Why might we sometimes delay informing the public or media about a trial?
Picking a good location for a (concept stage) trial can be quite tricky. Here's some advice on what to consider.
8 ways to more easily reverse a trial
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Would it be useful to have a series of guiding principles to help guide staff with their decision making? What
The new BikeBunkers service threw up a new challenge for us - how to decide a price for a new
A shared library of items that we can borrow to help us with developing projects.
Could a shared, collaborative, working space have a dual purpose as a standard meeting room for Dublin City Council staff?
Brief summary of the numbers around Dublin City Council Beta - status, budgets, staffing.
Beta Projects are cost-effective trials that explore key issues that the City Council is seeking to understand before implementing.
Projects arise under two main headings. City Challenge projects and Quick Trickle projects. We explain the difference here.
We often get asked about how the 'Beta approach' might be adopted by other local government. Here's some tips.
We've found that many journalists ask similar questions and so we've gathered those answers into one place for you.
All Beta Projects are assessed at the end of the trial period to determine one of the following outcomes.