COP

 

Name of Community/Project:

 

Status of Project:

 

Stakeholders

Who are the stakeholders for this community/project (sponsors, resource-providers, audience, beneficiaries, and those affected by the community)?

 

Audience

Who is this community for? What is the specific audience that this community is going to serve?  What is the range in heterogeneity that this community can likely successfully support?

 

Domain

Given the intended audience, what are the key issues with which community members will commonly engage, and what is the nature of the knowledge that the community will steward?

 

Purpose, Goals & Outcomes

Given the intended audience and domain, what is this community’s primary purpose? What are the benefits of this community for its stakeholders (what is the purpose of the community from the point of view of the individual community member, their institution, the community itself, and the community’s sponsor)?  What specific needs will the community be organized to meet?