"Think about how hard truly professional developers work every day, and how a small nagging distraction can ruin concentration. Isn't it worth just about anything to make that person feel as comfortable as possible, both physically and mentally?"
I was at training last week and this topic came up. The basic conclusion was be very generous in cubicle size so that people aren't stepping on each others toes in any way. The biggest example was if you have a crammed space of 6' x 6' cubicles you will have to listen to your neighbors phone conversations even three cubicles away. If you factor in a general rule of thumb that it takes an average person 15 minutes to get back into a detailed task after being interrupted and you have crammed cubicles that encourage interruptions from people walking by, talking on phones, gossiping in the common area, ect. You then multiple this by the nice round, easy to multiply $100/hour cost per white collar professional you will quickly overcome the $2 to $3 per square foot cost of a larger individual work space. I think if you are going for a gold standard make these spaces as office like as possible. If you can't provide actual hard wall offices, then go for high partitions with sound absorbing characteristics and, if possible, partition doors to provide as much insulation from unnecessary distractions as possible. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get the answers you are looking for on the ColdFusion Labs Forum direct from active programmers and developers. http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/categories.cfm?forumid-72&catid=648 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:240967 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
