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Samara's Structural Elements

Irina - Not sure if we still want this page in, I added some content as a first draft with some basic content.  Appreciate if anyone is up for adding, changing, editing, refining.

The path to the current phase of Samara

It took us a while in Samara to define de work that needs to be done and where to start in order to create a DHO. Some of the initial steps that proved to be helpful on the way:

  • We start identifying some key results (KRs) we would like to get to
  • One KR became one pod (small team of 3-5 people to work on a specific topic)

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At a later stage we further evolved a new KRs map: 

  • KRs were added together in some specific areas such as "Samara Game Guide", "Samara purpose, values and tools", "Samara Local Pilots", "Samara Offerings"
  • Each member indicated the commitment (%) for each KR
  • Some of the KRs become a priority, with a lot of members committed to that specific work

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As the work on each area advanced, it become clear that there are a lot of connections between KRs and that some conversations need to take place in the same time. 

  • KR pods transitioned to Primary Pods, each primary pod working on a specific area, with the work being focused on 3 main areas: "Samara Soil / Game Guide", "Roots / Samara Purpose Practice Tools" and "Branches"
  • Each Samara member was part of one Primary Pod
  • A space for knowledge garden was created for each Primary Pod

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The Primary Pods with about 4 proved to be a good structure for being able to coordinate between members, schedule calls and do asynchronous work while keeping connection close.

 The Path forward

Samara will further asses how the Primary Pods can serve it on its future path and how the structure will evolve to other working teams and more permanent circles in the future.

 

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