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When you consider the fact that software developers are the heartbeat of innovation with your company and ultimately the ones that’ll be executing on those transformative strategies put in place by CIOs and CTOs, empowering them with the tools that they want to use is critical. Expecting developers to communicate on important pieces of code or be able to crowdsource an answer from a colleague halfway across the globe through chat tools or email isn’t going to cut it. Go ask your developers what sites or platforms they like to use in the real world and take their advice to heart when considering implementing them internally.",[],{"_key":111,"_type":60,"children":112,"markDefs":117,"style":101},"5fc2223ccd51",[113],{"_key":114,"_type":64,"marks":115,"text":116},"5fc2223ccd510",[98],"Too. Many. 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There’s gotta be a better way!",[160,162],{"_key":144,"_type":87,"href":161,"reference":12},"https:\u002F\u002Finsights.stackoverflow.com\u002Fsurvey\u002F2018\u002F#developer-profile-kinship-competition-and-self-evaluation",{"_key":153,"_type":87,"href":163,"reference":12},"https:\u002F\u002Finsights.stackoverflow.com\u002Fsurvey\u002F2018\u002F#developer-profile-ways-developers-learn-on-their-own",{"_key":165,"_type":60,"children":166,"markDefs":171,"style":101},"e097b4bccc1a",[167],{"_key":168,"_type":64,"marks":169,"text":170},"e097b4bccc1a0",[98],"How can this be fixed?",[],{"_key":173,"_type":60,"children":174,"markDefs":197,"style":91},"1c58ecc1133a",[175,179,184,188,193],{"_key":176,"_type":64,"marks":177,"text":178},"1c58ecc1133a0",[],"There isn’t a one-size-fits-all approach to improving communication & collaboration between developer teams, but understanding what your organization and company culture is like will help to set your strategy. Consider what unique cultural challenges that you might encounter when evaluating new tools, what current problems you’re trying to solve, and ultimately what are the specific, measurable goals you hope to achieve. 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During a recent talk at \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.developerweek.com\u002FNYC\u002F\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DeveloperWeek NYC\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> about developers deserving better communication tools, \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ftwitter.com\u002Fpezster?lang=en\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Peter Pezaris\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of CodeStream went so far as to say that “the number one issue slowing down development teams and causing technical debt is poor communication.”\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Take a deeper dive into the word “communication” and Peter’s observation is that one thing preventing developers from shipping faster is that they’re not discussing their code often enough with their colleagues. 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Expecting developers to communicate on important pieces of code or be able to crowdsource an answer from a colleague halfway across the globe through chat tools or email isn’t going to cut it. Go ask your developers what sites or platforms they like to use in the real world and take their advice to heart when considering implementing them internally.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\n\u003Ch2>\u003Cb>Too. Many. Tools.\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One common theme that we hear when talking to large enterprises is the idea of ‘tool sprawl’,‘tool proliferation’ or, in layman's terms, ‘too many tools!’. The most forward thinking enterprises are giving their employees access to Slack, Github, Confluence, Sharepoint, Wikis, Workplace by Facebook, email threads, internal documentation, Yammer, MS Teams, Jive, Jira, the list goes on. Instead, consolidate those tools into the most impactful ones that your developers will be eager to work with. Ask them the questions, “if you need an answer to a question that only a peer can answer, what’s your first move?” or “how long does it take you to find an answer to a critical question that you have?”. Their reaction can help you understand that having too many tools is killing their productivity. Instead, consolidate that internal knowledge into one centralized repository that will become your developers’ go-to resource.\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\n\u003Ch2>\u003Cb>Developer culture can sometimes get in the way. \u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fortunately, we’re seeing less developer job titles with words like “rockstar” and “ninja”, but we agree with Peter that, unfortunately, developers still have a know-it-all mindset. 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