Question

what is the community of practice for organization ?

and what are differences between it and the project team ?!

Answer 1

A community of practice for organization is a group of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do, and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly

A project team is held together by a task. When the task is accomplished the project team disperses. Project team members are likely to learn something in the performance of that task, but this learning does not define the project team. It is the task that keeps them together. And it is their respective commitment and contributions to the task that is the main source of trust and cohesion among them.

A community of practice for organization is held together by the “learning value” members find in their interactions. They may perform tasks together, but these tasks do not define the community. It is the ongoing learning that sustains their mutual commitment. Members may come from different organizations or perspectives, but it is their engagement as individual learners that is the most salient aspect of their participation. The trust members develop is based on their ability to learn together: to care about the domain, to respect each other as practitioners, to expose their questions and challenges, and to provide responses that reflect practical experience.