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Stratio Automotive Enhances Collaboration
Between Software Engineers and AI Team
with GitKraken’s DevEx Platform
Saving Hours
Every Week
Stratio Automotive saved time spent on code reviews and conflict resolution with GitKraken Desktop. By reducing tool-switching, the platform kept developers focused and workflows efficient.
Better Task Management
GitKraken’s Jira integration allowed the team to stop jumping between different tools. Everyone stayed in sync, which kept projects moving forward smoothly.
Bridging Teams, Boosting Productivity
GitKraken Desktop improved collaboration between Stratio’s AI and software engineering teams by reducing merge conflicts and simplifying workflows, enabling seamless handoffs.
Problems
- Tool Limitations: Stratio Automotive originally utilized Fork and SourceTree, but neither tool supported the multiple operating systems they needed. This became a major challenge as the team transitioned from Windows to Linux.
- Merge Conflicts: Managing merge conflicts was an inefficient process that required switching between multiple tools, including SourceTree, the command line, and Notepad++, which ate up valuable time.
- Coordination Challenges: Integrating with Jira and managing development tasks was inefficient, leading to scattered workflows and making it difficult for the team to stay aligned.
Solution
- GitKraken Desktop gave Stratio the flexibility they needed to work across different operating systems, making their transition from Windows to Linux much smoother.
- GitKraken Desktop’s intuitive interface made resolving merge conflicts easier, eliminating the need to switch between multiple tools and helping the team save a significant amount of time.
- GitKraken’s Jira integration gave Stratio a central place to manage tasks, improving communication across the team and helping everyone stay organized.
Stratio Automotive
Location
Europe
Industry
Automotive Technology
Solutions
GitKraken Desktop
Employees
20
The thing I love in GitKraken Desktop is Workspaces. It really helps in managing multiple repositories by grouping them by product. With Workspaces, I can immediately see everything I need to change or what is being done in that particular product, which saves me a lot of time.
Story
Stratio Automotive is a leading innovator in predictive maintenance for commercial vehicle fleets, focusing primarily on buses and trucks. With a mission to enhance fleet management, Stratio leverages advanced AI models and IoT technology to collect and analyze data from over a thousand sensors per vehicle, helping fleet managers avoid expensive breakdowns and keep their vehicles running smoothly.
Their distributed team includes software engineers, data scientists, and machine learning experts, so they needed solutions that could support a variety of workflows and integrate with their existing tools.
Diogo, a Software Architect at Stratio, first discovered GitKraken’s suite of tools from Stratio’s Lead Data Engineer, Pedro, and was quickly impressed at how much easier it made things for him.
Finding ways to keep the company’s development and AI teams operating smoothly was essential. Diogo took full stock of their current workflows and identified a few specific areas causing friction, like managing multiple codebases, onboarding new developers, and keeping track of various development tasks.
With GitKraken’s Desktop, Diogo found the perfect solution to simplify these processes and enhance team productivity.
GitKraken’s Impact on Stratio’s Workflows
The team was originally using Fork and SourceTree, but faced several limitations – especially as they migrated from Windows to Linux.
“There were some issues with integrations, particularly with our on-premises GitLab,” Pedro explained. “It was also about having an agnostic tool that could handle everything we needed.”
GitKraken’s suite offered the necessary compatibility and comprehensive integration that their previous tools lacked, so they kicked off their team trial to explore GitKraken’s Desktop.
Diogo wanted a solution that could fit into their current workflows, noting that GitKraken’s comprehensive feature set and integration capabilities were key factors in their decision. The team aimed to resolve blockers related to ease of use and tool integration, which were critical for ramping up their AI initiatives and improving overall productivity.
Enhancing Team Workflows with GitKraken Desktop
GitKraken Desktop quickly became an essential tool for Stratio’s team thanks to its user-friendly interface and powerful features. It allowed them to easily manage multiple repositories and boosted their productivity.
“At the time, I was using SourceTree, and to resolve merge conflicts, I had to go to the command line, open another editor like Visual Studio or Notepad++, and deal with the conflict there. GitKraken showed me that I could do it directly within the tool, which was amazing,” explained Diogo.
The merge conflict resolution in GitKraken is fantastic. It made the process so much easier and saved us a lot of time.
Pedro added that GitKraken Desktop provided a common platform for all team members, regardless of their experience with traditional development tools or Git.
“For some data scientists who don’t have a software engineering background, having a platform like GitKraken is critical. It allows them to work properly without messing up configurations, which saves a lot of time and prevents issues that would otherwise require engineering intervention to fix.”
Stratio’s team faces daily challenges managing multiple projects and microservices, but GitKraken Desktop’s ability to handle large codebases efficiently has made things easier.
“We are dealing with lots of projects and microservices, so managing all of those can be tricky,” Pedro points out. “GitKraken Desktop’s indexing and performance in browsing projects have been really good.”
The team also benefited from GitKraken Desktop’s integration capabilities, particularly with Jira. Diogo mentioned, “I immediately started using the Jira integration, managing my tasks directly from GitKraken and opening branches through it, which saved me some time because I didn’t have to go to Jira to see the task code and then switch back to the tool to open the branch.”
By incorporating GitKraken Desktop, Stratio Automotive found a solution that made their development processes smoother and more efficient – letting the team focus on delivering high-quality work without unnecessary distractions.
Organizing Projects with Workspaces
GitKraken’s Workspaces feature provided Stratio with a smart way to organize their projects, helping the team stay on top of their tasks and work better together – even across different departments.
Pedro put it perfectly: “Workspaces have really helped us keep everything organized and accessible, which is crucial for our distributed team.”
“We have releases based on tags,” he continued. “Workspaces in GitKraken have made it easier to see all the things released, who released them, and which version is being used. It saves us a lot of time.”
New team members also benefited greatly from Workspaces, which gave them easy access to all the necessary repositories right from the start. Diogo shared, “Workspaces save me a lot of time because we have a lot of different repositories. So I kind of group them by product, and with that, I can immediately see everything I need to change or what is being done in that particular product… I share Workspaces with the team so we all are talking the same language.”
This setup ensured that everyone, especially new folks, had the context they needed to dive right in and start contributing without a hitch.
Workspaces have really helped us keep everything organized and accessible, which is crucial for our distributed team.
Diogo also mentioned how the visual layout of pull requests and issues in each Workspace made it easier to prioritize tasks. “In the repository view, I can check and see if I have opened a branch for each one in each of the repositories and if I’m working in the correct branch or not. This feature makes it much easier to manage our projects and keep track of ongoing work.”
Before using Workspaces, there were occasional hiccups and misunderstandings about what was being worked on. Diogo said, “Sometimes there were some discrepancies between what we were talking about, but now, with shared Workspaces, we all have the same information and organization.”
This setup ensured that everyone, especially new folks, had the context they needed to dive right in and start contributing without a hitch.
Diogo also mentioned how the visual layout of pull requests and issues in each Workspace made it easier to prioritize tasks. “In the repository view, I can check and see if I have opened a branch for each one in each of the repositories and if I’m working in the correct branch or not. This feature makes it much easier to manage our projects and keep track of ongoing work.”
Before using Workspaces, there were occasional hiccups and misunderstandings about what was being worked on. Diogo said, “Sometimes there were some discrepancies between what we were talking about, but now, with shared Workspaces, we all have the same information and organization.”
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Optimizing Project Tracking with GitKraken’s Jira Integration
GitKraken Desktop’s Jira integration brought Stratio’s development and project management tools together, enhancing their workflow and improving productivity. By linking their Git repositories with Jira issues, the team could easily track progress and manage tasks more efficiently.
Integrating GitKraken with Jira has made our project management so much smoother. We can now link commits to Jira issues directly, which keeps everything in sync.
“Integrating GitKraken with Jira has made our project management so much smoother. We can now link commits to Jira issues directly, which keeps everything in sync,” said Pedro.
The integration allowed Stratio to have a unified view of their development activities, making it easier to monitor how quickly projects were progressing and ensure that all tasks were completed on time.
Ultimately, GitKraken’s Desktop has become a vital part of Stratio Automotive’s workflow, directly addressing many of the team’s biggest blockers and pain points.
From simplifying merge conflict resolution to keeping tasks and repositories in sync, the platform has cut down on wasted time and frustration. Notably, the integration with Jira made task management more efficient, so the team could focus on what matters most – delivering high-quality predictive maintenance solutions.
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