Software Architect's Handbook

Impromptu meetings

Impromptu meetings can sometimes be more difficult when everybody is not in the same location. With messaging tools, it can be just as easy to have a spontaneous meeting as being co-located, but if people are in different time zones, you are more likely to have to schedule things ahead of time. For example, if people are located many time zones away from each other, one person's work hours may be the middle of the night for someone else. Rather than have a spontaneous meeting, it might have to be scheduled for the next day. One advantage of this situation is that you may not be interrupted as much during your day for impromptu meetings. Remote employees are probably less likely to have interruptions in general, which reduces ...