Sarah BishoffProject Manager| JabilTampa, Fl, United States
We are in the process of developing a PM Community of Practice and would like any feedback, suggestions, lessons learned from others who have successfully implemented a Community of Practice within their organization. Thanks! Saving Changes...
1. Make sure you have a clear charter or mandate for the CoP, otherwise you might find there are stakeholder expectation gaps.
2. Constantly test the value proposition of the CoP events - if you see diminishing attendance or always the same participants, try to understand why and address those root causes.
3. Recognize that the needs and wants of your community will evolve over time - make sure the CoP's mandate evolves to address those.
4. Invite non-PMs to participate - that's one sure way to avoid session being "whine & cheese" :-)
Also create roles and define responsibilities clearly. Saving Changes...
Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
It is one of my duties in my actual organization. In my case we focus in two main clients segements: stakeholders in general and PMO internal stakeholders. To the first group we make actions to demonstrate that they will be more "rich" by using project management practice than without it. To the second group we make actions to demostrate "how to" doing things when they are assigned to program/projects. Saving Changes...
