Collaboration platforms are also effective to get the information out of an individual’s head and into the corporate network where it can be accessed by the team. With most projects, the ideas or the IP hold the real value, so companies risk having their progress come to a standstill when a single person is not available. Even if conversations are drifting onto email, they’re at risk of being locked away from other members of the team. So if a developer makes a critical change to a component of the project, the entire team receives a notification.