SPUG: Results of Work Space Survey

dancerboy dancerboy at strangelight.com
Mon Nov 19 20:40:28 CST 2001


At 3:10 PM -0800 11/19/01, Richard Anderson wrote:
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Michael R. Wolf" <MichaelRunningWolf at att.net>
>To: "SPUG" <spug-list at pm.org>
>Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 11:08 AM
>Subject: Re: SPUG: Results of Work Space Survey
>
>>  I use white boards, stickeys, colored markers, and lots of
>>  other visuals to help solve a problem.  A standard desk doesn't let me
>work.
>>  I get into a "thrashing" problem where I spend more time reshuffling my
>>  papers than I do putting work into the code.
>
>I find white boards invaluable for software work of any kind, be it
>requirements analysis, design, coding or whatever.  I'm surprised by the
>number of work spaces I have seen that do not provide development teams with
>this obvious resource.  Putting them out in the hallways encourages team
>interaction better than having them in offices or meeting rooms.
>
>A handy substitute is to use erasable dry markers on a window, but this is
>not as legible and may be frowned upon for security or other reasons.
>
>Cheers,
>Richard
>
>
>
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