About

The goal of the CICECO Hackathon is to kickstart a culture of co-creation, joining teams of diverse researchers, to take one technology and ideate how it can be transformed into a product. The tool chosen to achieve this is the Design Sprint. This methodology was originally created by Jake Knapp in 2010 at Google. Read more here

We are going to use an updated shorter version, Design Sprint 2.0. Rede more here

Each team will start with the technology they have and ideate how to create a product with it. The success of the event will be achieved if the teams learn a way to co-create using a methodic framework. Is not so important the specific product concept they create on the end.

The plan

Day 1 - Map and Sketch - 6h

The team will build a problem overview, ideate, and think of a possible solution.

Day 2 - Decide and Story-Board - 6h

All decisions about the project will be closed and the storyboard of the product will be made.

Day 3 - Prototype - 6h

Each team will:

• elaborate a commercial presentation of the product. Could be a leaflet, website, etc
• create a form to inquire potential clients/users
• select a list of people(around 5) with buyer’s profiles. These people will be contacted on the test day.

Day 4 - Test (optional)

This is an extra day that is not included in the Hackathon. The teams that really are bursting and willing to go further, will put into practice the “prototype”. You’ll contact 5 or more potential clients, make a commercial presentation of the product and collect feedback with the form.

Day 5 - Pitch day

The teams will make a 5min pitch to the panel of experts followed by a 5min of Q&A.

Preparation