## Metadata * URL: [https://martinfowler.com/articles/remote-or-co-located.html](https://martinfowler.com/articles/remote-or-co-located.html) * Author: [[Martin fowler|Martin Fowler]] ## Highlights * team. A remote team may be less productive than that same team if it were co-located, but may still be more productive than the best co-located team you can form. * we have to be conscious that co-located communication is much richer than online communications - at least for most people. * **Note**: It is very easy to challenge that. Sync communication is shit most of the time * The agile manifesto says “The most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a development team is face-to-face conversation.” * (Kent points out that “Sit Together” isn’t mandatory