TechValidate Research on Stack Overflow for Teams

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303 Customers Surveyed

2,081 Data Points Collected

45 Published TechFacts

4 Published Charts

57 Published Case Studies



Selected Research Highlights


Stack Overflow for Teams Customer Statistic

69% of surveyed organizations stated that organizational effectiveness was the business KPI they wanted to improve on by bringing in Stack Overflow for Teams.

69%

Stack Overflow for Teams Customer Research

What other challenges were you looking to solve by bringing in Stack Overflow for Teams?

Enable employees to solve problems faster
87%
Create or maintain a continuous learning culture
83%
Capturing institutional knowledge
68%
Reduce the time to onboard new hires
54%
Remove roadblocks or barriers
46%
Break down silos between teams
44%
Reduce distractions
20%
Attract or retain employees
8%
Support Innersource/Open Source initiatives
6%
Other
1%

Stack Overflow for Teams Customer Review

4/5 Stars

How our organization uses Stack Overflow for Teams:

The organisation is very decentralised, stack overflow provides a single location for knowledge sharing that isn’t bound up in a SharePoint tree, or GitHub wiki permissions. It is the only true cross-team knowledge share and has encouraged developers in multiple countries to share their expertise across borders.

Would you recommend Stack Overflow for Teams?

Yes, particularly for larger decentralised teams where it is difficult to determine who possesses knowledge of a given product or system.

Stack Overflow for Teams Case Study

Small Business Computer Software Company

Introduction

This case study of a small business computer software company is based on a November 2021 survey of Stack Overflow for Teams customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

Challenges

The profiled company brought in Stack Overflow for Teams to improve their business KPIs of operational efficiency and organizational effectiveness.

The other challenges they wanted to solve were:

  • Removing roadblocks or barriers
  • Creating or maintaining a continuous learning culture
  • Breaking down silos between teams
  • Enabling employees to solve problems faster
  • Reducing the time to onboard new hires

Use Case

They use the basic tier of Stack Overflow for Teams.

Their engineering team is the main user of Stack Overflow for Teams.

The other tools they use for knowledge sharing are:

  • Wiki
  • Code repository
  • ChatOps (e.g., Slack or Microsoft Teams)

Results

The surveyed company said the most impactful operational benefits their organization realized with Stack Overflow for Teams are:

  • Increased discoverability of documentation and expertise
  • Decreased time to integrate work
  • Decreased onboarding time for new employees

They said the most impactful cultural or team benefits their organization realized with Stack Overflow for Teams are:

  • Increased collaboration between and among teams
  • Increased transparency of knowledge and information

Stack Overflow for Teams Case Study

Havas Edge

Introduction

This case study of Havas Edge – Carlsbad is based on a November 2021 survey of Stack Overflow for Teams customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

Challenges

The profiled company brought in Stack Overflow for Teams to improve their business KPI of operational efficiency, service quality, service velocity, organizational effectiveness, customer value, and business performance.

The other challenges they wanted to solve were:

  • Removing roadblocks or barriers
  • Attracting or retaining employees
  • Reducing distractions
  • Breaking down silos between teams
  • Enabling employees to solve problems faster
  • Reducing the time to onboard new hires
  • Capturing institutional knowledge

Use Case

They use the basic tier of Stack Overflow for Teams.

Their analytics/business Intelligence team is the main user of Stack Overflow for Teams.

The other tool they use for knowledge sharing is ChatOps (e.g., Slack or Microsoft Teams).

Results

The surveyed company said the most impactful operational benefits their organization realized with Stack Overflow for Teams are:

  • Decreased firefighting/unplanned work
  • Increased deployment frequency
  • Fewer high severity/priority issues
  • Soft cost savings
  • Increased employee satisfaction
  • Decreased burnout
  • Increased discoverability of documentation and expertise
  • Decreased time to integrate work
  • Increased quality of reviews of work contributed by team members
  • Decreased onboarding time for new employees

They said the most impactful cultural or team benefits their organization realized with Stack Overflow for Teams are:

  • More knowledge is captured for the future
  • Increased productivity
  • Increased peer-to-peer support
  • Reduced burden on subject matter experts or high tenured teammates
  • Improved team technical skills
  • Individuals having more opportunities to learn
  • Individuals having more opportunities to mentor
  • Individuals having more confidence in their work
  • Increased ability to stay in the flow and complete work

Stack Overflow for Teams Customer Research

What other challenges were you looking to solve by bringing in Stack Overflow for Teams?

Enable employees to solve problems faster
88%
Create or maintain a continuous learning culture
85%
Capturing institutional knowledge
68%
Reduce the time to onboard new hires
51%
Break down silos between teams
43%
Remove roadblocks or barriers
41%
Reduce distractions
24%
Attract or retain employees
8%
Support Innersource/Open Source initiatives
3%


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About Stack Overflow for Teams

Stack Overflow for Teams provides just-in-time knowledge to help teams solve complex technical challenges through each stage of the development lifecycle. Because Stack Overflow’s public platform is already integral to how technologists work, Stack Overflow for Teams enables a more natural, frictionless exchange of company knowledge. It augments workflows, giving teammates easy access to persistent knowledge and cross-functional experts so they can confidently make more informed decisions and overcome roadblocks faster. The platform fosters continuous learning and growth while enabling an internal community that connects knowledge seekers and subject matter experts across departments.

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