Coaching: Scale · Core
Build a community of practice
A community of practice is a group of people who share a craft and learn from each other regularly. It spreads good practice without needing a central team for everything.
About 1-2 daysEvergreenLast reviewed 5 November 2026
Who this applies to
- Skills it builds
- Leadership and coaching
- PM types
- All
- Product types
- All
- Starting points
- All
- Ways of working
- All
- Experience
- All
- Size of organisation
- All
Steps, by experience
Beginner (under 1 year)
- Invite PMs to a regular, informal meeting.
- Agree a simple purpose, such as sharing what worked.
- Ask members to present real examples.
- Keep a shared space for notes and resources.
- Rotate who leads sessions.
Intermediate (1 to 4 years)
- Grow the community around topics members care about.
- Link it to the standards and training.
- Ask leaders to give people time to take part.
Experienced (5+ years)
- Connect communities across product, design and engineering.
- Give the community a voice in how practice evolves.
- Support community leaders so it doesn't depend on you.
Who can do this
Owner: Product manager
Tool examples
- Confluence
- Keep a community space with notes and recordings.
- Notion
- Keep a shared list of topics and resources.
Definition of done
- Regular sessions running
- Shared space set up
- Members lead sessions
Common pitfalls
- Turning it into a lecture series
- Depending on one person
- No time given to take part