742 Stack Overflow for Teams Reviews
Information is way easier to discover, link and tag than in other systems like e.g. confluence. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It is hard to onboard people that are not familiar with the concept of stackexchange as it can overwhelm them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I like the knowledge-sharing possibility between team members. Anybody can ask a question and the other team members will get notified then. Someone with matching knowledge about the topic will answer you soonly. You can search for the questions and answers and that even help you more. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Still, nothing, using it for a couple of months, and it exceeded my expectations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It’s really good to have stack overflow for teams where we can easily share or get the knowledge we need or if we are looking for an answer or even we can post our answers if we think that it would help someone. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I think there is nothing to dislike about it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I mean, it's StackOverflow... there's a reason it's such a succesfull platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I think real SO puts a lot of effort into moderation and content curation... when you're using SO for teams, that's on you to figure out. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
There's a wealth of knowledge available from various backgrounds/sources Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Outdated answers are still 'relevant' due to gaining traction in the past, but the solution itself might not still be applicable down the line Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I feel myself answering the same questions over and over again in Slack. These questions (and their answers) are located in a central place that I can point team members to. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It's not a problem with the service, but adoption is the biggest hurdle. I feel like people usually would rather ask questions in chat instead of going to an external site Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
You stay in your habits; developers are used to Stack Overflow, so that's easy for them to get involved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It's not about Stack Overflow for team especially, but more to bring to life the whole process and make it used accross Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It feels like I'm adding to knowledge that will be read and helpful to others in the future.
Fantastic that it's free, which is the reason we only adopted it now. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It's not well integrated with any of the existing systems we use, so often people need to be reminded to use it for questions rather than just messaging the person directly.
The Microsoft Teams integration could use some improvement, especially the authentication stage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Most developers have experience of recording and accessing information about development decisions, gotchas, etc via a wiki page. However, my own experience of working with wikis is that capturing information ecomes too much like homework and that very soon the wiki goes out of date, despite everyone’s best intentions. Also, the information recorded is what one person thinks other people will need to know, which is often not what they actually need when the actual problem.
Stack Overflow for Teams provides the ability to organise knowledge in a way that corresponds to how humans best gain knowledge: through the asking and answering of questions. One does not have to wade through someone else's braindump in a wiki page looking for relevant information. Rather, the information contained in Stack Overflow for Teams in targeted to specific needs.
This not to say that SO for Teams obviates the need for a wiki. Rather, it complements a wiki. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The main downside to using Stack Overflow for Teams is getting people to remember to use it to ask questions. But this is something that can be overcome by training and reference to questions that have been previously answered via SO. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I can apply the Q/A pattern that works so well on Stackoverflow to many knowledge transfer needs
Business users can find information on how the application works. They interact with the developers through the platform, so together they build the application knowledge base time after time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
We don't use the credit score, but I would imagine it could be helpful to mark an answer as more relevant at some point. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
