Creating Strong and Passionate Communities of Practice
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The document outlines the concept and formation of communities of practice, highlighting their importance for individuals and organizations to share knowledge and improve skills. It emphasizes the need for a suitable space, the cost implications, and characteristics of effective leaders within these communities. Additionally, it discusses the lifecycle of a community and various activities that can enhance collaboration and problem-solving among members.
Creating Strong and Passionate Communities of Practice
- 1. Creating Strong and Passionate Communities of Practice Allison & Ty
- 2. Today’s Backlog What do we mean by Community of Practice How to get started What to expect
- 3. What is a Community of Practice? ? A group of people with a common interest A group of people with a common goal of improving A group of people who share experiences Domain Community Practice
- 4. The First Agile Community of Practice… What did the agile manifesto signatories want to do by gathering? Find out the things we have in common. Discover our strengths. Leverage our skills. What can we take away from them? How to do work better…
- 5. The Evolution of Communities of Practice Product Based User Groups Center of Excellence CoPs Open Space
- 6. CoP Events Solve a problem Workshop Collaboration Presenters from outside our wheelhouse Sage on stage Community presenters Social Events
- 7. The Community Extends Outside of the Meeting A lunch room conversation Crowdsourcing your problem Small Groups Study Buddies
- 8. Why Have a Community of Practice? ? What does the individual receive? What does the organization receive? What does the community receive?
- 9. Who is Your Community ? For? Who is the target? Who presents? ACTIVITY ScrumMasters Teams Managers Organizations
- 10. ? What is Your Vision? What state, context or situation is your target in? What is your purpose? What do you do? What makes this different from other groups? ACTIVITY
- 11. How are We Doing ? It? The invitation matters Pick a good location Be happy with whoever shows up Don't give up too easily I say that it's incredibly simple. Pick a date, a time, a location, and invite people. - Allison Pollard http://www.allisonpollard.com
- 12. What Type of Space is Needed for the Community of Practice? ? Modular, open space Big open wall space Great lighting
- 13. ? How Much Does a Community of Practice Cost? $$
- 14. What Type of People are Needed to Run a Community of Practice? ? ENTJ Extraverted iNtuitive Thinking Judging D I S C Sanguine Choleric Melancholic Phlegmatic Myers-Briggs The Four Temperaments Artisan Guardian Idealist Rationalist Keirsey Temperament Sorter
- 15. What will the Community ? of Practice Need from Me? It depends! What type of community of practice… You may start with shadowing for ceremonies. Move on to cross team facilitation. You may start with sharing product walls. Move on to prioritization styles. You may start with TDD workshops. Move on to code katas. Presentations Community Connections Workshops
- 16. ? What Other Things Can a Community of Practice Do? C o P Reveal organizational impediments Guide the organization Raise the overall ability of the organization
- 17. Now What? ? Possible futures Stuff that needs doing What types of people are needed People to serve
- 18. How Do We Create a Backlog? Backlog Doing ? Done Value Stream Don’t make long term plans Reprioritize or recreate the backlog every 6 months Maybe 3 months Try a Lean Coffee! http://leancoffee.org
- 19. Did It Work?? They stayed until the end They stayed after the meeting They showed up
- 20. Lifecycle of a Community of Practice Freshman Sophomore Senior Addressing the needs of the individual who actively seek out the community Addressing the issues of the organization(s) that it exists within Addressing the issues of the greater community that its domain caters to
- 21. Community Growth Pattern Agile Practice Product Management Technical Excellence Scrum Master, Coaches PO, BA, PM, UX QA, Automation, UX, Architecture, XP, Specific Languages: .NET, Java, Cobol, Fortran, Pascal Frameworks: Scrum, Lean, Kanban; Coaching/Mentoring, Facilitation, Training, Tools Locations
- 22. Resources Agile Leadership Network PMI - Agile Community of Practice Scrum Alliance
- 23. Theta Tau Fraternity Member Allison Pollard allison.pollard@improvingenterprises.com @allison_pollard Servant Husband Father Ally Artist Agilist Gamer Scrum Master Ty Crockett tycrockett@tycrockett.com ty.crockett@improvingenterprises.com @TTcrockeTT Agile Coach Scrum Master Project Manager Glasses Wearer