>But I also know how crucial it is for academia to talk with colleagues.
Pretty much all of physics was collaborated on with snail mail and a couple times a year in the busiest years in person conferences to have what were essentially war rooms.
We still regularly get cross earth papers published, with explicit collaboration between labs on the opposite side of the world.
A significant amount of science collaboration happens with work that is translated!
If software development were to emulate such a system, it would be small teams of like 2-7 people working together in a small office with a hundred such offices all over coordinating when they need to.
Of course, none of those scientists ever needed change management!
Pretty much all of physics was collaborated on with snail mail and a couple times a year in the busiest years in person conferences to have what were essentially war rooms.
We still regularly get cross earth papers published, with explicit collaboration between labs on the opposite side of the world.
A significant amount of science collaboration happens with work that is translated!
If software development were to emulate such a system, it would be small teams of like 2-7 people working together in a small office with a hundred such offices all over coordinating when they need to.
Of course, none of those scientists ever needed change management!