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A presentation on the value of communities to support learning with the GDS agile delivery community as an example, presented at Agile 25x20
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Emily WebberHead of Agile DeliveryGovernment Digital Service @ewebber
The value of communities and continued learning "(of agile)
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What do I know about communities?"
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this is a community
photo by North Charleston"
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“A community is a social unit of any size that shares common values”!"
- wikipediaphoto by Lara Galente
(values) Principles or standards of behaviour; one’s judgement of what is important in life""
- oxforddictionaries.com
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People learn through experience and exploration!"
Communities can support that
photo by echiner1
GDS
Functions
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Team
s
communities of practice
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this is (some of) the GDS agile delivery community
Individuals and interactions over processes and tools "Working software over comprehensive documentation "Customer collaboration over contract negotiation "Responding to change over following a plan
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the 5 core values of the GDS agile delivery community
1. We care about creating the best services for citizens""
2. We are open and honest in our approach and actions
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3. We create and foster a safe and supportive environment through trust and respect""
4. We learn continuously through questioning, collaboration and sharing
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5. We welcome people with different skills and experience and recognise their importance to successful teams
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Some common themes came up
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Shadowing (learning from others)
Formal training (courses, qualifications)
Self initiated learning (networking, reading blogs)"
Sharing ideas (forums, blogging, public speaking)
Small experiments (short projects, trying things out)
Questioning & retrospecting (inspect and adapt)
Hire people who believe in the same values and the learning bit can happen
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Set up forums to support interactions to happen
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Meet regularly to create opportunities to share and learn
photo by Karthik Chandrasekariah
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Pair people to solve problems
photo by Linda Tanner
Keep the conversation going and keep it relevant
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Share the love and bring others with the same values in
photo by laurie cinotto
Summing up
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