Case Study
SMARTER JUDGING IN THE SMART CITIES CHALLENGE
BRINGING RIGOUR TO MAJOR AWARD PROCESSES
NEED
Infrastructure Canada received 130 applications for the Smart Cities Challenge and wanted a way for its judges to efficiently review them to determine which proposals should move onto the next round of competition. The project team also wanted a way to easily tabulate feedback and minimize the risk of errors in calculations.
OUTCOME
Ethelo allowed the project’s 13 jury members to quickly and easily log comments on each proposal and gave Infrastructure Canada a solid foundation for its deliberation meeting to decide which proposals would advance in the competition.
Using manual tools to evaluate large amounts of feedback can be time-consuming and prone to errors. Infrastructure Canada used Ethelo to reduce staff evaluation time and provide a place where evaluators could interact with one another during the review process for the Smart Cities Challenge. The consultation allowed the project to stay on its short timeline and improved communication between evaluators and the project team.