How office space affects programming productivity

Author

Jones, Capers

Author_Institution

Software Productivity Res. Inc., Burlington, MA, USA

Volume

28

Issue

1

fYear

1995

fDate

1/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

76

Lastpage

77

Abstract

The relationship between office size and noise level is one of the most significant, yet least investigated, factors affecting software productivity. According to Tom DeMarco and Tim Lister (1992), US programmers with more than 80 square feet of private, noise-free office space consistently outperform programmers who occupy two- or three-person cubicles. The result was the Santa Teresa Programming Laboratory in San Jose, California, which opened in 1978. The author discusses some requirements of an optimal programming office environment. He considers the effectiveness of home working

Keywords

ergonomics; home working; human resource management; office environment; personnel; software engineering; Santa Teresa Programming Laboratory; home working; office noise level; office size; office space; optimal programming office environment; programmer performance; programming productivity; software productivity; Acoustic noise; Books; Business; Insurance; Military computing; Personnel; Polarization; Privacy; Production facilities; Productivity;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9162

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/2.362626

Filename

362626