The AKF scale cube is a qualitative mean to measure the scalability of a system. This model has been introduced in the book the "Art of scalability". You can find a succinct description here.
I am wondering if there are alternatives to the scale cube, to assess qualitatively the scalability of a system.
(In case this question is off-topic, let me know if there are better suited places for this kind of questions).
In addition to AKF, there is Transactional Auto Scaler (TAS), Scalability Patterns Language Map(SPLM) and Person Achieved Ubiquitous Manufacturing(PAUM)... This pdf describes the assessment models (Quantitative/Qualitative) of scalability, in different areas such as: Manufacturing Systems, Computer Science, Organizational and Business.
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If the above models do not measure or at least help measure -I think-, please consider this researche to measure the scalability which discusses several technics.
Scalability can be measured in various dimensions, such as:
Administrative scalability: The ability for an increasing number of organizations or users to easily share a single distributed system. Functional scalability: The ability to enhance the system by adding new functionality at minimal effort.
Geographic scalability: The ability to maintain performance, usefulness, or usability regardless of expansion from concentration in a local area to a more distributed geographic pattern.
Load scalability, And so on..
AKF looks like a model not an approach to measure scalability, from the definition:
"The Scale Cube helps teams keep critical dimensions of system scale in mind when solutions are designed and when existing systems are being improved. "
