More Agile characteristic..

Another important characteristic is Co-location. Agile puts tremendous emphasis on face to face communication. So normally all the team members are located in an open office space more like a bullpen. This is different than traditional cubical sitting arrangements. This facilitates easy communication within the team members. Normally, the managers would also have a spot in the same space (of course by the window .!) . In cases, when the members have to be in different physical locations, they use all the latest and greatest advancements in communication technologies.

Typically such a common area will have a bunch of desks, with a couple of drawers for the developers . There would be a few rooms for spike, scrums ( stay tuned for more about these in later blogs) purpose and executives offices in the corner. This makes it extremely easier  for anyone to walk into a director or VP's office ( don't push it too much though :P) in case of any issues or problems

p.s: It takes a while for everyone to get adjusted to this kind of set up, eventually the team resources see benefits of co-location ( I didn't say 'put up with' ... :P