What are Communities of Practice (CoPs)? At the simplest level, they are a small group of people who have worked together over a period of time. Not a team, not a task force, probably not even an authorized or identified group. People in CoPs can perform the same job (tech reps) or collaborate on a shared task (software developers) or work together on a product (engineers, marketers, and manufacturing specialists). They are peers in the execution of "real work." What holds them together is a common sense of purpose and a real need to know what each other knows. There are many communities of practice within a single company, and most people belong to more than one of them.
IAIDQ Communities of Practice
IAIDQ has decided to create Communites of Practice (CoP) based on topics of interest, on a geographic basis or based on enterprise.
- Topic-based
- Build IQ taxonomy — Build Body of Knowledge
- Charter for the Information Quality Management Principles work team
- Improving Quality for Election Reform
- Develop Professional Certification Process
- Help develop supra-national IQ regulations & laws
- Tools for IQ
- International Standards watch
- Geographic
- British Isles
- Ireland
- Australia—New Zealand
- South Africa
- Enterprise Segment
- Healthcare
- Insurance
- Education
If you are interested in joining one of these CoPs or forming a CoP, read our paper Establishing a Community of Practice [PDF].