TechValidate Research on Stack Overflow for Teams


Stack Overflow for Teams Case Study

Medium Enterprise Computer Software Company

Introduction

This case study of a medium enterprise computer software company is based on a December 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 organizational effectiveness.

The other challenges they wanted to solve were:

  • Attracting or retaining employees
  • Creating or maintaining a continuous learning culture
  • Enabling employees to solve problems faster
  • Capturing institutional knowledge

Use Case

They use the basic tier of Stack Overflow for Teams.

Their engineering, IT & support teams are the main users of Stack Overflow for Teams.

The other tools they use for knowledge sharing are:

  • Wiki
  • Cloud drive

Results

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

  • Increased developer efficacy
  • Increased discoverability of documentation and expertise

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 peer-to-peer support
  • Reduced burden on subject matter experts or high tenured teammates
  • Increased transparency of knowledge and information




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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