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by CoffeeDregs
4495 days ago
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I hesitate to say this, but I'm a big fan of cubicles... But not the cubicles you're probably thinking of... I'm a fan of 4-8 person teams attacking problems together and I've found flexible cubicle arrangements to be very effective. At one company, we could change around our cubes (albeit not terribly frequently) and it was great to be able to create a multi-person office with a conference table for your team (e.g. PM, designer, developers). We had tight collaboration and our own private space without being distracted by the larger company. Of course, this style of organization also affect project management, etc, but it was quite effective. |
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In retrospect it's as simple as it's obvious: people should be allowed to setup their offices in a way that works for them.
Interestingly enough this all comes from the original patterns book, the one which concerned itself with actual architecture.
It essentially states that people should create their own space and that structure and order should only be imposed through adherence to shared general principles.
Many of these principles seem so simple and obvious yet are so often forgotten in practice, such as that the wall should be far away enough to give your eyes a chance to relax.
Another one was that the sounds you heard had to be similar to that of your own, which seems strikingly true in my own experience.