With great collaboration comes much communication. When we build a software product, a lot of information changes hands. To get things done rapidly, it needs to change hands both at a fast pace and accurately.
Any discussion, answering and asking questions, work coordination, and so, on will get resolved more quickly when it happens face-to-face.
Each of us has a combination of predominantly three different learning styles—auditory: learning via the spoken word, visual: learning by seeing, kinesthetic: learning by doing. When communicating with a group, it's good if we can engage all three learning styles, as this will increase the learning bandwidth, plus ensure we include people who might ...