Paper Title: Getting Ready to Work: Patterns for A Developer's Workspace. Authors: Primary Contact : Steve Berczuk, berczuk@acm.org Postal Address: Steve Berczuk 40 Teel St Arlington, MA 02474-5513 Phone: (617) 699-0208 Other Authors: Brad Appleton, bradapp@enteract.com Ralph Cabrera, cabrerar@agcs.com Abstract: The way software developers work day-to-day has a major impact on the speed and quality of product development. Workspace management and version control bridge the gap between architecture, process, and the code. But these issues are often ignored. This paper presents a pattern language for constructing a productive developer workspace, tying the workspace structures together with architecture and configuration management. While organizational support for developer productivity is always helpful, you can apply these patterns, even if you are a developer working on your own.