People: Easy, Instant Communication

Easy way to instantaneously and with a minimum distraction as possible discuss things with the rest of your team.

Lower physical barriers

• no cubes

Install IM or local IRC server

But, too many interruptions means you can have trouble concentration.

• Takes time to get back into "the zone"

If the team is working well, they'll all be in the zone.

• A focused state of mind tends to be infectious

• So communications will become less of a distraction

• Pair Programming is a good example of this