Tour: Patterns and Practices Lab

Posted By: Charles | Sep 26th, 2006 @ 2:12 PM

The Microsoft Patterns and Practices team recently renovated their development lab in order to better support their Agile development methodologies. Movable walls you can write on and “escape pods” are just a couple of the featured additions. Join C9 special correspondant Brian Keller and Patterns and Practices dudes Ed Jezierski and Peter Provost for a tour of their new digs. Cool!

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jsampsonPC

That is so cool to see how much Microsoft cares about its teams. Many software companies give you a den, a check, and expect you to be happy - Great to see Microsoft going the extra million-dollar mile to keep the teams functioning in the most effective environment.

I sense an episode of Microsoft Cribs coming up Smiley

Cyonix

That would be a very cool place to work

Chadk

Wow, i would like to work there Expressionless

Soviut

I like the "teams" atmosphere. Working with a group that's excited and focused on something keeps the momentum of a project going. This looks like the sort of environment where that kind of thing would thrive.

DigitalDud

I'd say working with as a team is definitely important but so is developer privacy. Considering developers are going to be spending most of their time debugging, I'd say some privacy and the ability to shut off distractions is going to be pretty important. The last thing you want when you're debugging, and going deep into the call stack, is someone coming in and disrupting your concentration.

Archer

Very cool...and I love the ending. Smiley

Chadk

DigitalDud wrote:

I'd say working with as a team is definitely important but so is developer privacy. Considering developers are going to be spending most of their time debugging, I'd say some privacy and the ability to shut off distractions is going to be pretty important. The last thing you want when you're debugging, and going deep into the call stack, is someone coming in and disrupting your concentration.

But that is why it is so cool. You can the the room, so theres 1 man rooms.

Massif

And to think all I really want is two screens. (And it would be nice if they were bigger than this 17" one too!)

Have you guys been measuring your output? Are you going to be able to prove one way or another that the new layout provides real benefits?

JohnAskew

Peter Provost is inspiring.

I'd like to plug a cable in the back of my neck and get a core dump of Agile.

Write a book about it, P&P.