The Dream Team Nightmare

Walkabout

You like to explore the physical space where you work. The layout of an office, along with its furniture, can tell you as much about a company’s culture as the people do.

Hidden from the usual flow of human traffic, behind a wall, is a team space covered in sticky notes. Like the Dream Team’s space, each desk has a pair of monitors. However, instead of one keyboard and mouse per computer, there are two. This is a sign that the team does pair programming.

On the wall is a poster of a Predator, the creature from the film of the same name. Beside it is a group picture annotated with each team member’s name and phone number.

In the middle of the wall is the team’s kanban board, with a work-in-progress limit of three in the In Progress ...