Guiding principle 2: Optimal scale
Optimal scale challenges the "bigger is better" scaling model. Scaling produces a collection of impacts and to determine optimal scale, we have to consider the trade-offs between different...
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Optimal scale challenges the "bigger is better" scaling model. Scaling produces a collection of impacts and to determine optimal scale, we have to consider the trade-offs between different...
Scaling creates dynamic change that calls for dynamic evaluation – continuous learning before, during and after scaling. Dynamic evaluation helps us to apply the other three principles by...
Scaling takes place in complex systems and involves coordinating with a diverse and evolving set of stakeholders. Considering the people, places and things that affect or are affected by the...
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