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