Interruptions Are Even Worse Than We Thought

I try to get everyone on my team to understand that every interruption or context switch is a +15min time suck.

That "one quick question" which takes only 5min still need 15min for the interrupted individual to return to thought

Whenever this comes up, I usually link to this:

Don't Wake Up the Programmer!

http://alexthunder.livejournal.com/309815.html