Designing Collaborative Spaces for Productivity. Many think that Agile teams all work in “common rooms", but the truth is not so simple.
We forget that the classic XP teamroom layout was called “caves and commons” and it explicitly recommended that people have access to some personal space, as well. Teams find out fast enough that some of the facilities and creature comforts left behind in our former traditional spaces were there for good reasons. When working with Agile, working close together and without interruption, it's more important than ever to affirm the needs of human beings for healthy and effective workspaces.
To that end, this article shares the collected wisdom of dozens of teams, as collected by several experienced Agile coaches. 33 - How to survive creative burnout. By Scott Berkun, June 2004 The longer you work at creating things, whether it’s software, websites, essays or paintings, the greater the odds you’ll hit a day where you don’t feel like doing it anymore.
Up until then, you may have heard others describe burnout, but you just shrugged it off as superstition, or perhaps believed yourself immune. But the day it hits you, the world seems suddenly grey. What was once fun and challenging feel stupid and annoying.