SPaMCAST 640 - Communities of Practice Goals, User Stories, Essays and Conversations

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The idea of Communities of Practice is thrown around alot in organizations, often without thinking about the goals of a CoP.  Why? Organizations are increasingly becoming more diverse and distributed, while at the same time pursuing mechanisms to increase collaboration between groups and consistency of knowledge and practice hence the rapid growth of Communities of Practice.  Let's explore the goals of a CoP.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This week also marks the premiere of Tony Timbol’s new column, “To Tell A Story.” In this week’s installment, we begin to explore the nuances of User Stories.  Tony is a practitioner, consultant, entrepreneur, and science fiction author -- Tony does it all. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Email: tony.timbol@agileready.net</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Web:</span> <a href= "http://bit.ly/2YxfkJ6"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">BeAgileReady.com</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Interested in Mikolaj Pawlikoski’s book,</span> <a href= "https://www.manning.com/books/chaos-engineering?query=chaos"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Chaos Engineering, Site reliability through controlled disruption</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">I have discount codes for the listeners of the Software Process and Measurement Cast, ping me @</span><a href= "mailto:tcagley@tomcagley.com"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">tcagley@tomcagley.com</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">and I will share them with you!</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>The Software Process and Measurement Cast is a proud media sponsor of the DevOps Online Summit. </strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">DevOps professionals throughout the world come together and share their learnings here at the DevOps Online Summit. This coming April 26th – 30th we are having our third summit. Our goal is to bring together 5000 DevOps professionals. </span> <a href= "https://bit.ly/3c1rB