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# re:Invent Non-profit Hackathon ## The Experience --- #Rapid Prototyping Task Force * Cross-functional team of designers, infrastructure engineers, back-end developers and front-end developers * Well over a century of combined software experience * Deliver fast solutions to any problem with a quick, working prototype. * Practice simulated prototyping runs with internal or imagined problems * Build tools and usage patterns to get up and running quickly --- class: center # Concept
--- class: hackathon # Non-Profit Hackathon Each year AWS teams up with four non-profit organizations to identify real challenges being faced in today’s world. The four issues are then presented to our tech-savvy re:Invent audience in Las Vegas where we challenge creative developers and architects to build functioning prototypes to address these issues. At the end of the day, all solutions are presented, and the most innovative ones are chosen and often put into production by the non-profits. * THORN - Works to prevent child abuse * National Fitness Foundation - Works with schools to improve PE * Federation of Internet Alerts - Wants to improve how disaster alerts reach those in danger * GlobalGiving - Wants to improve the visibility of the impact if charitable donations ---
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--- # Timeline * Breakfast * Pitches * Started by brainstorming possible solutions and talking with organizations * Had ideas for Thorn and FIA, FIA was less risky and clearer implementation * Validated plan with FIA -> "We'll put that into production tomorrow" * Selected Minimum scope and put rest into stretch goals --- # Strategy * Split Task: 2 guys for infra, 2 for UI, 2 for backend * Design, Mobile * Hourly standups * Coordinate, re-prioritize * Started working on presentation pretty early * Demos as videos rather than live * Strict time limits for the presentation * which no-one else cared about --- # Got selected as FIA finalist * Got instructions on what to stress for final presentation and to stretch it * => Do final FIA presentation https://prezi.com/view/pRAYt4UK9aqhZpihw9m3/ * Final presentation went well, but still shorter than others * "How did you get all this done in 16 hours" * Working time more like 13 ---
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