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HIGuide

The Humanitarian
Innovation Guide

Method

Scalability Checklist

MSI’s Scalability Checklist is “intended to stimulate, not substitute for, serious dialogue and analysis. It is best used not as a scorecard to determine what can be scaled up and what cannot, but as an aid to prioritize alternatives and as a...

Method

Kanban

Kanban is a team task management tool that can provide an agile, transparent and effective way of planning and executing the implementation of your pilot. Traditional projects often ‘push’ activities to those who are implementing them,...

Activity 5.3 B

Determine whether to stop or continue

This primer will help you to understand different potential routes forward depending on the outcomes of your pilot and the After-Action Review.

Module 6.2

Scale Vision

The activities in this module will help you set goals for your journey to scale, identify targets to monitor your progress, and plan neccessary activities.

Activity 6.2 B

Set a scale goal

This activity will help you set a medium-term goal for the current phase of scaling, considering your timeframe, target group, geographies and method.

Module 6.1

Scale Feasibility Assessment

The activities in this module will help you to assess the current level of maturity of your solution and the feasibility of going to scale using a checklist and visual mapping exercise.

Activity 5.1 B

Assess research feasibility

This activity will help assess your learning objectives and potential contextual and resource constraints that might impact results.

Module 5.2

Research and Learning

The activities in this module will help you design a robust research agenda and facilitate a process of continuous learning and discovery, generating evidence to inform decision making.

Activity 5.1 C

Review partnerships

This activity is intended to help you think through your partnerships and your different needs, roles and responsibilities in the Pilot stage, and to understand how your relationship with partners might need to change as your journey continues.

Activity 5.3 D

Establish feedback and review mechanisms

This activity will help you put in place the systems that will enable you to gather appropriate information, learn in real-time and ensure accountability to users and target groups.