Question 9-
9 What are potential barriers and success factors in the implementation of MLS actions and how can these be dealt with considering up-scaling of pilot results?
- Interviews will reveal lessons learnt
- Analyse the internal/external success factors and barriers in the implementation of pilots and up-scaling; see table 5 below.
Table 5: conditions for successful pilots and conditions for uptake (Van Buuren et al., 2018).
| Element | Conditions for successful pilots | Conditions for uptake |
|---|---|---|
| Position of the pilot | At a distance from home bases (freedom to explore novel ideas) | Stay connected: conscious strategy to create normative congruence |
| Resource distribution | Additional resources for the pilot to enable creativity and exploration | Solutions fit within the existing system of resource-distribution and contribute to organizational aims of efficiency and risk reduction |
| Participants | Coaling of (willing) boundary spanners | Representativeness of involved actors from all relevant disciplines and stakes of the future implementation arena |
| Process design | Learning environment, tailor-made collaborative process design | Results ready for mainstreaming and broader embedding. Focus on where the results have to land. |
| Project design | Limited scale to reduce risks and (financial) impacts, high quality (shared) monitoring and analysis | Sufficient system understanding; outcomes considered representative and of high quality |