User:Mchua/Braindumps/CoP framework

This page summarizes (somewhat incomprehensibly) Etienne Wenger's Communities of Practice framework and lists some Fedora-related work items that go under each.

joint enterprise

 * development of trust
 * top sponsors - stdev of number of mentees
 * support identity presentation
 * negotiated enterprise
 * mutual accountability
 * turnover of ownership of packages, etc.
 * percentage of un-owned things, average un-owned time
 * local response
 * geo distribution of responses to questions from various geos
 * rhythms
 * release cycle slippages, regularity
 * weekly meetings held, how long they run for (both meeting length and how many meetings), does the meeting chair stay consistent
 * interpretations

shared repertoire

 * stories
 * analyze IRC, planet
 * artefacts and tools
 * see Duke study
 * frequency of use of most common tools, demographics of use and contribution to common tools
 * styles and actions
 * discourses
 * concepts
 * historical events
 * longevity in online communities

mutual engagement

 * engaged diversity
 * relationships
 * social complexity
 * community maintenance
 * doing things together
 * IRC: how many messages have someone else's nicks in them?
 * IT skills
 * confidence in IT use
 * access to hw/sw
 * who's using what resources
 * are these resources being used to capacity
 * VLE - access to synchronous discussion
 * technical support

activities engaged in

 * Problem solving
 * Requests for information
 * Seeking experience
 * Reusing assets
 * Coordination and synergy
 * Discussing developments
 * Documentation projects
 * Visits
 * Mapping knowledge and identifying gaps