Common Areas At The Heart

In Christopher Alexander's pattern of this name, he says, “No social group—whether a family, a work group, or a school group—can survive without constant informal contact among its members.” [1] For a software development team, the practice of sitting together goes a long way in providing this informal contact and, ultimately, making it a team instead of a collection of individuals assigned to a project. It is easily the best first step toward agility.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: AGILEDC
• Authors: George Dinwiddie
• Keywords: AGILEDC 2007, Christopher Alexander Pattern, Constant Informal Contact, Informal Contact, Software Engineering