Collocated vs Dispersed...which is better?

Joseph -

I'm in the process right now of getting a team working together in a
team room (people can be in the same building, and still not be
collocated :).

What I am noticing as one of the biggest benefits is reduction in the
communication lag time. Getting developers to type code is usually not
the constraint. It is getting the right thing done-done right, which
means you need dev, QA and customer.

Issues that would linger in back-and-forth in emails or scheduled
meetings "later this afternoon or tomorrow", are now immediately
resolved through face-to-face communication. And there is less
rework. Not to mention the people in the room who help unexpectedly
because they have some bit of knowledge, or are working on something
tangentially related.

And I have yet to see code that isn't better with more than one person
contributing.

And have you asked the question "why are people getting interrupted
when they are at work"?

- Marty