Introduction:
This is the ninth and final post on characteristics of an active APM Community. I hope that you have found this series helpful .I will resume doing "regular" blogs instead.
How are We Doing?
A community needs to have a good feedback mechanism to ensure continued success.This is why in every one of my posts I always post questions for feedback and further interaction. This is why you always have a chance to respond to anything posted in this community. If there is silence, one cannot determine areas that are and are not working. And after knowing this, make any needed changes. Feedback ensures your needs are heard and something will be considered to meet them. So please start and keep sharing what you want to see more of or less of in the community.
Next steps
This community is a dynamic environment which is always changing to better meet your needs. As I say each week, it is an invaluable resource.
So what would I like to see more of? (Please add your list below!.)
1) Self-organizing - A group of Community members can get together and decide for that week what is the personal or group involvement. Maybe they start a discussion on a rotating topic such as Best Practices for APM Dashboards, my Favorite Supportability Metric. Or someone decides to respond to as many community posts that they can for that week. Or just decide to do any of the above on your own.The choices for action are up to all of us. You/we need to figure out the best way to do this.
2) Involvement - Whether it is something simple as marking as correct/helpful/like or initiating or responding to a post. The sharing of knowledge, building of relationships, and feeling of engagement is a wonderful and tremendous thing to have here. This is one case where more of something is good!!!
3) More Non-CA Engagement Each APM/ASM/AXA Administrator, Partner, and User has real world experience and knowledge that would be so helpful to their peers. This involvement should become the rule and not the exception.
4) More Frequent Logins equals more Participation Opportunities. If you log in every few weeks or once a month, you are missing out on receiving timely updates on the APM product, time-proven advice, and best practices. There would also be additional opportunities to participate and contribute more.
5) More Interactions More meetings like Office Hours where everyone can raise and discuss issues. Or do like Manish Parikh's Blog suggested and just covered one topic in a meeting.
Your Turn
I've shared my thoughts over these months. I really would like to hear from you where we should go from here. You can post below . Or mail me at hallett.german@ca.com. Thank you for your efforts in this Community! It is greatly appreciated by myself and all others that frequent here.