From c121c06abecfd358f4ec89bc92ba2ce77b7aaa8e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Todd Sedano Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2019 20:32:12 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Update quiet-office.md --- patterns/quiet-office.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/patterns/quiet-office.md b/patterns/quiet-office.md index 4428d13..3b54ebf 100644 --- a/patterns/quiet-office.md +++ b/patterns/quiet-office.md @@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ Enable programmers to focus on their work by providing a quiet office space. **Open-plan offices do not work.** +[Todd] The research that I have seen that says open-plan offices do not work, study work patterns that are very different from Sustainable Software Development and Extreme Programming. Building software is different than running an HR group or selling insurance. The only software developement study that I'm aware of was done at Microsoft where they follow a very different style of software development. I'd love to see a study done on people who are doing something collaborative. + {Problem description} **{Solution instructions}**