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Creating strong & passionate agile communities of practice
The document discusses the formation and benefits of communities of practice, highlighting their role in fostering collaboration and improvement among individuals with common interests. It outlines the structure, activities, and desired outcomes for such communities, emphasizing the importance of engagement and adaptability. Practical advice for setting up and maintaining a successful community of practice is also provided.
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- 1. Creating Strong and PassionateCommunities of Practice Allison & Ty
- 2. ? What is aCommunity 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
- 3. The First AgileCommunity of Practice… What did the agile manifesto signatories want to do by gathering? How to do work better… Find out the things we have in common. Discover our strengths. Leverage our skills. What can we take away from them?
- 4. The Evolution of Communitiesof Practice Center of Excellence User Groups A long time ago… at a company far far away Open Space CoPs
- 5. CoP Events Solve aproblem Workshop Sage on stage Collaboration Presenters from outside our wheelhouse Community presenters Social Events
- 6. The Community Extends Outsideof the Meeting A lunch room conversation Crowdsourcing your problem Small Groups Study Buddies
- 7. ? Why Have aCommunity of Practice? What does the individual receive? What does the organization receive? What does the community receive?
- 8. ?Who is YourCommunity For? Who is the target? Who presents? ScrumMasters Teams Managers Organizations ACTIVITY
- 9. ?What is YourVision? What makes this different from other groups? What is your purpose? What do you do? What state, context or situation is your target in? ACTIVITY
- 10. ?How are WeDoing It? I say that it's incredibly simple. Pick a date, a time, a location, and invite people. - Allison Pollard http://www.allisonpollard.com Don't give up too easily Be happy with whoever shows up Pick a good location The invitation matters
- 11. ? What Type ofSpace is Needed for the Community of Practice? Modular, open space Big open wall space Great lighting
- 12. ? How Much Doesa Community of Practice Cost? $$
- 13. D I SC ? What Type of People are Needed to Run a Community of Practice? ENTJ Extraverted iNtuitive Thinking Judging Sanguine Choleric Melancholic Phlegmatic The Four Temperaments Myers-Briggs Keirsey Temperament Sorter Artisan Guardian Idealist Rationalist
- 14. ? What will theCommunity of Practice Need from Me? It depends! What type of community of practice… You may start with shadowing for ceremonies. Move on to walk-a-miles. You may start with TDD workshops. Move on to code katas. Presentations Community Connections Workshops You may start with sharing product walls. Move on to prioritization styles.
- 15. ? What Other ThingsCan a Community of Practice Do? C o P Reveal organizational impediments Guide the organization Raise the overall ability of the organization
- 16. Now What? ?Possible futures Stuffthat needs doing People to serve What types of people are needed
- 17. ? How Do WeCreate a Backlog? Backlog Doing Done Value Stream Don’t make long term plans Reprioritize or recreate the backlog ever 6 months Maybe 3 months Try a Lean Coffee! http://leancoffee.org
- 18. Did It Work? ?Theystayed after the meeting They stayed until the end They showed up
- 19. Lifecycle of aCommunity of Practice Freshman Sophomore Senior Addressing the needs of the individual who actively seeks 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
- 20. Community Growth Pattern AgilePractice Technical ExcellenceProduct Management 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
- 21. Resources Dallas Agile Leadership Network Dallas Agile Communityof Practice DFW Scrum
- 22. Allison Pollard ! allison.pollard@improvingenterprises.com! @allison_pollard Servant Husband FatherAlly Artist Agilist Gamer Scrum Master Ty Crockett tycrockett@tycrockett.com! ty.crockett@improvingenterprises.com! @TTcrockeTT Agile Coach Scrum Master Project Manager Glasses Wearer Theta Tau Fraternity Member