Judging scheme 

Thing to note: Judges will assess primarily using source code, videos, writing, and screenshots. 

Social Impact Judges:

Inclusion: How does the solution help the intended group? /25

• Diversity of User Groups: Assess the range of user groups included, focusing on the software product's accessibility and usability across different demographics, abilities, and backgrounds.

• Barrier Reduction: Evaluate efforts to reduce barriers for underrepresented or marginalised communities, including language, cultural relevance, and ease of access.

• Engagement Strategy: Look at how the product plans to reach and engage these diverse user groups effectively.

Impact: How well does it help the groups? / 25 (if many judged as an average)

• Problem Solving: Assess the significance of the problem being addressed for the target groups and how effectively the product solves this problem.

• Measurable Outcomes: Evaluate the potential for measurable, positive change in the lives of the users, considering both short-term and long-term impacts.

• Sustainability: Consider the project's sustainability and potential for ongoing support and development to continue benefiting its user groups.

Technical Judges:

Technical Skills: Level Technical implementation- /25 (do something in the back end rather than just prototype demo)

• Implementation Complexity: Evaluate the complexity and sophistication of the technical implementation, including backend development, data handling, and integration of technologies.

• Scalability and Security: Consider aspects of scalability and security, ensuring that the product can grow while protecting user data. Contestants would get higher marks in this section when they include the following: unit/ integration/ user testing, security scanning, CDN usage, high availability.

• Platform and DevOps: Solution is available to be accessed from a URL, DevOps pipelines covering the basic principles of CI/CD.

• Database design: Solution’s database designs must be appropriate to the problem statement and expected data.

• UI/UX: Solution will be judged for ease of usage, intuitiveness, documentations and SOPs.

Originality: Clarity and originality of product/service - /25

• Novelty: Assess the uniqueness of the product or service in addressing the identified problem, including the adoption of new approaches or technologies.

• Clarity of Vision: Evaluate the clarity and coherence of the product vision, including how well the problem, solution, and impact are articulated.

• Market Differentiation: Consider how the product or service differentiates itself from existing solutions in terms of features, effectiveness, or approach.

Submissions requirements

• A video demo and presentation of your solution available on a YouTube link (You can unlist the video if you do not want anyone to view this video but us).

• Link to the source code (GitHub, Bitbucket,...).

• Technical documentations, user guides,... if available.