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Open office plan
What is an open office plan?
An open office plan is an office layout where most workstations sit together in a shared space without walls or private offices. It is meant to support communication and use space efficiently, but it can make focused work and private calls harder.
Pros and cons
- Pro: easy contact between colleagues
- Pro: efficient use of floor space
- Con: noise and interruptions
- Con: little privacy for calls and focus
Balancing an open plan
Open offices work better with enough small rooms, pods and quiet zones nearby, so people can move away from the open area for calls and focused work and book a room when a conversation needs one.
How AskCody supports it
AskCody makes the rooms and desks around an open plan easy to find and book from Outlook, shows availability on meeting room displays, and workplace analytics reveals whether there are enough small rooms.
Frequently asked questions
What does OPO stand for?
Open plan office. See OO/OPO.
What is the opposite of an open office plan?
A closed office plan, with private offices or enclosed workspaces.
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