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The best office space I worked at was divided in 6-8 persons rooms. Each team had their own conference room isolated from the rest. It was kind of a mix between
by eldelshell 7y ago
The best office space I worked at was divided in 6-8 persons rooms. Each team had their own conference room isolated from the rest. It was kind of a mix between cubicles and open space. It isolated us from other parts of the business (sales, management, etc) but allowed fast & easy collaboration between team members.
- walterbell 7y agoWhat was the average size of those teams?
- derekp7 7y agoSounds like a nightmare for the new guy that gets hired, and there is no place for them to sit in the team room. Yes, I was that new guy, when a team I was hired into expanded. The office had high cubical walls separating different areas, and within those areas were pits that held 4 - 8 people depending on the particular layout. I was person number 9 on the Unix team, but was put in another pit a little way off that held contracted Informix 4GL programmers. (this was about 20 years ago) The team I was on however was really good, they made sure to grab me for coffee several times a day so we could have a bantering session down in the cafeteria.
- dano 7y agoThis is similar to what we built at MP3.com 20 years ago. Offices with two to four work areas, maybe a table in the center, and grouped people by function and overlap. The Systems & Networking team was next door to the DBAs and in the same hallway as the developers on the content acquisition, management, and delivery teams. We also had a number of open areas with seating and whiteboards for casual conversations. I even recall designing the new storage management system on a paper table cloth at the local greek restaurant and posting it in a common area to start the design conversation. It was quite productive and many of the team members remain great friends to this day.