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 Review

5/5 Stars

How our organization uses Stack Overflow for Teams:

Being an early-stage startup, we always had the problem of giving the same KT or explaining the same code culture to every new team member. Stackoverflow for teams made it easier by putting those questions in one place with the goodness of StackOverflow Q&A UI.

Would you recommend Stack Overflow for Teams?

Yes, definitely. Because of the same reason mentioned above.

Stack Overflow for Teams Case Study

Alt Digital Technologies

Introduction

This case study of Alt Digital Technologies 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, and organizational effectiveness.

The other challenges they wanted to solve were:

  • Removing roadblocks or barriers
  • Creating or maintaining a continuous learning culture
  • Enabling employees to solve problems faster
  • Capturing institutional knowledge

Use Case

They use the free tier of Stack Overflow for Teams.

Their whole organization uses Stack Overflow for Teams.

The other tools they use for knowledge sharing are:

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

Results

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

  • Soft cost savings
  • Increased discoverability of documentation and expertise
  • 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
  • More knowledge is captured for the future
  • Increased transparency of knowledge and information
  • Improved team technical skills
  • Individuals having more opportunities to mentor

Stack Overflow for Teams Case Study

Global 500 Telecommunications Equipment Company

Introduction

This case study of a Global 500 telecommunications equipment company is based on a November 2022 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.

“Stack Overflow for Teams helps us onboard new developers and technologists faster.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select Stack Overflow for Teams:

  • The challenge they were looking to solve with Stack Overflow for Teams was:
    • Share knowledge and information across the organization
    • Capture and preserve institutional knowledge
    • Enable employees to solve problems faster
    • Reduce the time to onboard new hires

Use Case

  • What they use or knowledge sharing and/or collaboration in addition to Stack Overflow for Teams:
    • ChatOps (e.g., Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord)
    • Cloud drive

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with Stack Overflow for Teams:

  • Culture of knowledge sharing: Somewhat impactful
  • Transparency and accessibility of knowledge and information: Somewhat impactful
  • More knowledge captured for the future: Somewhat impactful
  • Reduced knowledge loss when teammates left: No impact (N/A)
  • Increased productivity: Somewhat impactful
  • Reduced distractions and burden on subject matter experts or tenured teammates: Somewhat impactful
  • Increased collaboration between SMEs and across teams: No impact (N/A)
  • Improved team technical skills: No impact (N/A)

Stack Overflow for Teams Customer Statistic

Reduce the time to onboard new hires.

54% of surveyed organizations stated that one of the challenges they were looking to solve by bringing in Stack Overflow for Teams was reducing the time to onboard new hires.

54%

Stack Overflow for Teams Customer Research

Organizations choose Stack Overflow for Teams to improve the following business KPIs:

Organizational Effectiveness
69%
Operational Efficiency
67%
Service Quality
26%
Business Performance
23%
Service Velocity
16%
Customer Value
8%
Other
8%

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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