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 Research

Companies use Stack Overflow for Teams alongside other knowledge sharing and collaboration platforms

What other products is your company currently using for knowledge sharing and/or collaboration?

ChatOps (e.g., Slack or Microsoft Teams)
74%
Code repository
74%
Wiki
59%
Software development project management system
53%
Cloud drive
48%
Document management platform
34%
Homegrown tools (e.g., built internally)
20%
Intranet
18%
Other
4%

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

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

Time Line

Introduction

This case study of TimeLine 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 KPIs of service quality, organizational effectiveness, and business performance.

The other challenges they wanted to solve were:

  • Creating or maintaining a continuous learning culture
  • Breaking down silos between teams
  • Enabling employees to solve problems faster
  • Capturing institutional knowledge

Use Case

They use the basic tier of Stack Overflow for Teams.

Their engineering, support, and product teams are the main user of Stack Overflow for Teams.

The other tools they use for knowledge sharing are:

  • Code repository
  • ChatOps (e.g., Slack or Microsoft Teams)
  • Document management platform

Results

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

  • Decreased firefighting/unplanned work
  • Fewer high severity/priority issues
  • Increased employee satisfaction
  • Increased developer efficacy

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
  • Increased peer-to-peer support
  • Prevented knowledge loss when teammates left
  • Increased transparency of knowledge and information

Stack Overflow for Teams Customer Statistic

Companies bring in Stack Overflow for Teams to remove roadblocks or barriers

46% of surveyed organizations stated that one of the challenges they were looking to solve by bringing in Stack Overflow for Teams was removing roadblocks or barriers.

46%

Stack Overflow for Teams Case Study

Future Forward

Introduction

This case study of Future Forward 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 KPIs of operational efficiency, organizational effectiveness, and*business performance*.

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
  • Capturing institutional knowledge

Use Case

They use the free tier of Stack Overflow for Teams.

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

The other tool they use for knowledge sharing is a wiki.

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:

  • More knowledge is captured for the future
  • Prevented knowledge loss when teammates left
  • Increased transparency of knowledge and information


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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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