About the challenge
Vancouver's tech ecosystem continues to struggle as one of the world’s premier tech hubs; communities and tech events continue to be too siloed, and knowledge-sharing stays fragmented across different disciplines.
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Leverage all technologies, designs, and abilities at your disposal to solve for the problem!
PMs- Write the entire PRD (product requirement document for the idea/prototype)
- Write the whole epic down for their idea/prototype
- Create the 2 minute slide deck presentation about the problem & solution
- Break the epic down into stories and technical analyses
- Write out the technical analyses
- Read the PRD and create UI mockups out of it
- Perform user research and problem space exploration/analysis together with the PM
- User testing if needed
Requirements
What to Build
Anything is at play to solve for the problem!
What to Submit
Each team is expected to submit at least one slide to highlight their concept/idea as well as why their solution solves the problem.
For the actual hack, it can be in the form of anything - for example, can be a prototype, a design, or terminal code!
Prizes
Amazon Gift Card
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Neil Chong-Kit
Founder, AKA Profiles, Ex-Klue and Trulioo
Leo Antonoff
Product Design Lead at Rippling
Toby Tobkin
Founding Engineer at PermafrostAI, Ex-Google
Judging Criteria
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Business
On a scale of 1-5, how well-defined is the problem space from a market and viability perspective? -
Feasibility
On a scale of 1-5, how feasible is the idea/solution? -
Design
On a scale of 1-5, how user-friendly is the design? -
Pitch
On a scale of 1-5, how was the pitch and demo? -
Technical
On a scale of 1-5, how impressive is the technical prototype or proposed technical prototype?
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