Contribute/Lifecycle/sustaining

Sustaining

Definition

At this stage community active and stable and is interested in keeping that momentum growing and retaining key contributors. The community is stable and adapting, yet mindful of growth possibilities.

Learning Stage

Unconscious Competence

Core activities

• Rejuvenate and renew
• Recruit new core members
• Develop new leadership
• Build relationships with other teams
• Have a significant voice.

Measure of Success

Teams will have optimized their pathways based on data and we will see contribution jump again (and we will have created a case study of the team).

Ideal contribution jump metric is currently undefined, and will be determined by what is happening in ""scaling.""

Milestones

• The community’s voice is heard and is influential organization-wide
• Community energy is maintained through renewal activities
• The community positively impacts top-line team goals on an on-going basis

Resources

Awaiting your awesome input!

Activator role in this stage

Bringing new energy into the community when needed by having rejuvenating activities and events. These can be meetups, talks, etc. establishes and maintains the community as an influencer within the organization

CBT Role

• Help to establish an influential voice across the organization by acting as a champion
• Brainstorm ways to rejuvenate the community
• Provide resources and strategic support for ongoing community issues such as conflict management, consensus building, cultural issues, etc

Risks

• Organization will not actively support community growth by not allowing community to gain influence and voice.
• Community coordinator will not be able to rejuvenate community and bring in new core contributors and leadership prior to running out of resources to sustain community.

Deliverables/Checklist

Milestone	Responsible	Support	Deliverable
The community’s voice is heard and is influential organization-wide	Activator	CBT liaison	tbd
Community energy is maintained through renewal activities	Activator	CBT liaison	TBD
The community positively impacts top-line team goals on an on-going basis	Activator	CBT liaison + others	TBD