I've seen a few patterns at Pivotal. In Pivotal Labs and some R&D projects the team is fully colocated, so Slack isn't necessary for the day-to-day. To maintai

I've seen a few patterns at Pivotal. In Pivotal Labs and some R&D projects the team is fully colocated, so Slack isn't necessary for the day-to-day. To maintain accessibility by remote teams and individuals, most teams will assign an "interrupt pair", who are designated to deal with Slack, walk-by questions and the like. I have mixed feelings about Slack. It's too addictive. I've enjoyed jousting and joking and forth, but I don't always come out the other side with concrete outcomes.