Re:Why do programmers need private offices with doors? (Do N...
by JohnFen on Tuesday December 19, 2023 @11:03AM
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> People often argue this can be fixed by just not needing to communicate.
They do? I don't think I've ever heard someone make this argument.
Re:Why do programmers need private offices with doors? (Do N...
by The_Colonel on Tuesday December 19, 2023 @04:29PM
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Apologies, I left out the word "synchronously" in front of "communicate". Synchronous communication is either planned meetings or unplanned disruptions, which many people strongly dislike. A complete lack of communication is of course impossible, so these people strongly prefer asynchronous communication - very detailed spec in advance, emails with the implicit expectation they might get answered with a day-long delay etc.
People often argue this can be fixed by just not needing to communicate. Like all user stories have all necessary information prepared. All the (functional, non-functional) acceptance criteria are defined, all the design documents are perfectly specified etc. But that's a pipe dream, which leads to other kinds of productivity losses.