TechValidate Research on Stack Overflow for Teams


Stack Overflow for Teams Case Study

Medium Enterprise Media & Entertainment Company

Introduction

This case study of a medium enterprise media & entertainment 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 KPI of operational efficiency, service quality, and service velocity.

The other challenges they wanted to solve were:

  • Creating or maintaining a continuous learning culture
  • 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, product & support teams are the main users of Stack Overflow for Teams.

The other tools they use for knowledge sharing are:

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

Results

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

  • Decreased cycle times
  • Increased throughput/velocity
  • Decreased firefighting/unplanned work
  • Improved NPS or customer satisfaction
  • Increased employee satisfaction
  • Increased developer efficacy
  • Increased discoverability of documentation and expertise
  • 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:

  • Increased collaboration between and among teams
  • More knowledge is captured for the future
  • Increased productivity
  • Reduced burden on subject matter experts or high tenured teammates
  • Prevented knowledge loss when teammates left
  • Increased transparency of knowledge and information
  • Improved team technical skills
  • Individuals having more confidence in their work
  • Increased ability to stay in the flow and complete work




About This Data

This data was sourced directly from verified users of Stack Overflow for Teams by TechValidate.

TechValidate verifies the identity and organizational affiliation of all participants that contribute to published research data. When research participants so desire, we also guarantee their anonymity so that they may share information honestly and freely.


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