Cubicles are cheap and flexible, yet they solve the distraction problems open offices present. Who decided to knock the walls down when irrefutable data and sci

Cubicles are cheap and flexible, yet they solve the distraction problems open offices present. Who decided to knock the walls down when irrefutable data and science says otherwise? > From anecdotes to data, it's been shown over and over and over agains that, in the general knowledge worker sense, they don't > You can't measure a software developer's productivity in KLoCs/unit time, and you can't make development go faster by throwing more people at it. So what metric do you use to show that open offices simply don't work? What reproducible scenario can I use (i.e. scientific method) that will demonstrate your stated inefficiencies in perpetuity? > Knock yourself out with some studies showing that open offices offer higher productivity. Can't say I've ever stated that. For the record, I personally don't find open offices to be effective, but that doesn't change my stance that an irrefutable conclusion is impossible to draw on this issue.