CoE vs CoP

Governance PMO Requirements Management

Steven Zachary Director| Alberta Health Services Calgary, Alberta, Canada

What is your experience with Centers of Excellence and Centers of Practice?

Do you have a preference? Do you think they are effective?

Posted: Dec 30, 2015 11:14 AM

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Suhail Iqbal Suhail Iqbal PMIATP CIPM FAAPM MPM MQM CLC CPRM SCT AEC SDC SMC SPOC PRINCE2 MCT| PM Training School Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan

CoE is a level above CoPs and it provides necessary governance mechanism for CoP (if they exist mutually). Otherwise CoE and CoPs may also exist in isolation. I would differentiate CoE and CoP as Governance vs Management respectively.

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1 reply by Steven Zachary

Dec 30, 2015 10:52 PM

Steven Zachary

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Interesting. I've always seen this relationship two ways.

1) A group of practitioners come together informally to form a CoP. This may lead to a CoE in time if supported by management.

2) A CoE is abandoned bu the members keep the practice going through a CoP.

CoE = Center of Excellence
CoP - Center of Practice

CoE = Cost centre, formal support, centralized
CoP = self-organized, informal, community specific

Posted: Dec 30, 2015 5:56 PM

Steven Zachary Director| Alberta Health Services Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Dec 30, 2015 5:56 PM

Replying to Suhail Iqbal

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Posted: Dec 30, 2015 10:52 PM

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