ABSTRACT
Dynamic Evaluation helps one to understand whether an innovation is creating impact, but also whether and how scaling is contributing. Dynamic Evaluation presents two key considerations. First, that scaling is an intervention that can be evaluated. Second, that scaling generates transformations in the impacts of our innovations through scaling effects. Dynamic Evaluation describes how scaling actions trigger scaling effects that change the collection of impacts. Scaling effects transpire in a multiplicity of ways. Some can be expected and planned for, some are more thorny or elusive and are uncovered only as scaling happens. Dynamic Evaluation moves beyond evaluating the impact of an innovation. It accepts that scaling is an intervention that can and should be evaluated. Scaling effects should be a part of any scaling plan, but they must also be monitored as scaling unfolds.
