From Novices to Experts: Building a Community of Engaged R Users
summary
Pfizer reports ~1,500 machines with R and a Microsoft Teams community of ~1,000; the R Center of Excellence establishes an internal SWAT team, creates 13 hands‑on R projects in R Markdown, records 1–2 hour trainings, and centralizes docs on Confluence as a single source of truth. Initiatives include function of the week, package of the month, newsletters, a book club (130 signups, 14 groups) and monthly Community of Practice events, all aimed at reducing duplicate work and speeding problem resolution.
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chapters (5)
- 0:00Introduction to community
- 1:10Building the foundation
- 5:33Training and enablement
- 9:01Contributing to the community
- 14:50Conclusion and takeaways
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