Team Name:

Project Name:

Description:
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 Pitch - Outline
• Team
– Pictures
– Roles
– Challenges

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 Pitch - Outline
• The Need (2 minute):
– Describe the need and who will use it
– Why is the need so important

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 Pitch - Outline
• Your Solution (4 minutes):
– Describe proposed solution (big picture)
– Scope & what have you built for the hack –
Version 1

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 Pitch - Outline
• What next (2 minute) - Next 3 months
– What do you intend to improve on?

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 Judging Criteria
• Applicability/Business/Societal Value – 25%
• Originality/Novelty – 15%
• Technical Strength of Solution – 35%
• Use of Educational Material – 15%
• Presentation – 10%

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Business Requirements
Public / Private Audience – Who Innovative
Need – Why is are the Users / Justification –
this Important? Beneficiaries? What’s “New?”
Description

Social Value

Short-term Scope
(for Hackathon)

Long-Range
Opportunities

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Functional / Technical Execution
User Interface / Programming Data Requirements
Purpose & Requirements
Interaction
Scope – Keep
Boundaries Clear

Key Components
– Break it into
Pieces!
Who’s part of a
sub-team / who’s
responsible?
Estimate How
Long will it Take
You?
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Project Planning
Hacking / Template / Benchmarking Packaging
Programming Presentation Ideas / Best Results
Practices
Who is
Responsible?

Milestone 1:
WHAT by End of
Wed?
Milestone 2:
WHAT by Mid-
Thur?
Milestone 3:
WHAT by End of
Thur?
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