This document discusses strategic communities of practice and how to develop and sustain them. It covers basic concepts like domain, community, and practice. It emphasizes the importance of understanding stakeholder perspectives, including sponsors, facilitators/leaders, and members. It also discusses roles within communities like facilitators, network weavers, and curators. Frameworks are presented for assessing community maturity and measuring value creation through outcomes like immediate, potential, applied, and realized value. The document provides guidance on factors to consider for strategic communities of practice.