Adina Beer, Peter Schmidt: Building Bridges - Tap Into the Power of Communities of Practice
summary
A small Test Community of Practice at a German bank centralizes scattered tooling and knowledge into a living document in Confluence, runs a six‑month pilot with a core team and stakeholder backing, and uses quarterly questionnaires plus two‑monthly open reviews to prioritize work. The community produces a public guide, a beginner workshop “testing for non‑testers,” and a hands‑on automation primer; participation stabilizes without a full‑time owner when members share roles and commit 10% time to community activities, turning vague interest into measurable outputs.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Building communities intro
- 4:28Live exercise activation
- 6:17Presenters intro
- 8:05What is CoP and why
- 10:30Challenges in non-agile testing
- 13:44Phase 1: Build Bridge peers
- 16:59Phase 2: Test Bridge first months
- 22:01Phase 3: Maintain Bridge maturity
- 27:03Key takeaways impact
- 29:10Q&A on growth
- 33:55Dissolve or sustain CoP
- 35:26Self-sustaining signs
- 36:54Closing remarks
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