Post-Hackathon Support, Hackathon Team Deceleration, Hackathon Team Acceleration
Post-hackathon programs that are there to support the hackathon teams that want to continue working on their idea after the event. This might help the teams bring their product or service to the market, or establish a …
Those who are physically or virtually present at an event. Includes the participants themselves, as well as organizers, mentors, etc.
Community Covenant, Ways of Working
Guidelines that establish the kind of behaviour encouraged in the community, outline the process by which problems or violations of the guidelines will be addressed and who will be in charge of enforcing them. source
All the people engaged in a particular Hackathon - e.g. stakeholders, participants, organizers, potential participants, interested listeners, etc. May be specific to a series of events, a la “Astro Hack Week Community”
Prize, Rewards, Trophies, Certificates
Something a participant gets for being “best” at a hackathon - emphasis is on competition.
Post-hackathon team, Post-hackathon project, Early-stage Startup Teams, Prototype-phase startup team, Pre-product team, Iterative Projects
A project/team that did not fail, and may want to continue in some fashion. Includes scientific papers that are written after the hackathon, startup companies founded based on a hackathon …
Hackathon with an intentional educational dimension to amplify learning and the transmission of knowledge.
Complete disaster, sh!tshow, shipwreck, trainwreck
A project/team that failed, in a way where the venue or team or other element of the project failed, rather than the idea itself being tested and failing.
(Unconference), Hack Day, Hack Week, Codeathon, Hack Fest, Code Fest, (Something) Sprint, Data Fest, Datathon, Makeathon, Innovation Lab, Dev camps, Startup Weekend, Garage, Hack Hour, Open Innovation Competition, Datapalooza, Hackapalooza, Innovation Summit
Authoritative definition in a soon-to-be-published article. Will add a link when it is …
Project, Thing I’m Doing At The Hackathon
The thing (for example, a project, idea, or concept development) a participant is doing at a hackathon.
"Soft" Outcome
Outcomes from a Hakathon, that are not concrete, but are important to the participants and/or organizers. Includes things like skill development, personal growth, network growth, identity development, sense of belonging, confidence development, communication and collaboration skills, empowerment of specific groups, etc.
MVP, Prototype, Proof of Concept
An early version of a product of feature, usually used to validate needs of demonstrate a proof of concept or idea.
Rewards, Trophies, Certificates, Badges
Something a participant gets for being at a hackathon - everyone can get an award.
Team Roles
The responsibility hackathon participant members take on in their team. E.g. “code developer”, “hardware designer”, “UX designer”, specialist in a particular data set. s
The process of selecting participants for a hackathon that meet the goals of the hackathon.
Hackers, Hackathoners
The people actively doing hacks at a Hackathon.
Hack Idea Proposal
Short pitch at the outset to propose a hack idea in order to attract team members. The person or people giving the pitch may or may not end up on the project in the end.
Plan, Proposal, Blueprint, Afterlife
This is the creation of a medium-to-long-term plan for a hack project. It is an outline for the work you need to do. It covers your goals, vision and a timeline for tasks. source
Reflection
Slow hacking is about taking a moment during busy hackathon events and shifting the focus from, for example, coming up with solutions and prototyping the first ideas as fast as possible to deeper reflection on what the problem is actually about, and paying attention …
Productive Failure, Learning experience
A project/team that failed, but in a way where the participants all learned something useful and are happy about that. E.g., it turned out not to be worth pursuing, even though it seemed good at the start.
A project/team that accomplished its aims, but do not want to continue further.
Artifact, Artefact, Prototype
Outcomes from a Hackathon that are concrete and produced by participants as the result of the work done during the hackathon. Includes things like demos from the hackathon, physical prototypes, apps, videos, scientific result, etc.
Breakout Session
A small discussion session at a (un)conference where the participants drive the discussion and shape the agenda, as opposed to a Breakout Session, where the organizers may be the creators of the agenda.
(Note: This term is not unique to hackathons, but …
A conference-like event where the participants are the primary shapers of the agenda. A Hackathon may be an unconference, but not all unconferences are hackathons.
(Note: This term is not unique to hackathons, but is included because it is easy to confuse with similar terminology in the hackathon context …