# ideation Published articles for ideation. This is one page of public article previews, not the complete archive. Follow Next page to continue. Summaries are not the original full articles. ## A Journey from Hackathon to Production DevFeed: [A Journey from Hackathon to Production]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Chirayu Asati Published: 2023-11-29T14:22:33Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [Android@Microsoft - Medium]() Topics: [AdventureX 2025](), [Microsoft Teams](), [Mobile](), [Product Management](), [Software Engineering]() Tags: [collaboration](), [engineering](), [events](), [hackathon](), [ideation](), [journey](), [microsoft](), [microsoft-teams](), [mobile](), [product](), [product-management](), [production](), [software](), [software-engineer](), [team]() ### AI overview A Microsoft Teams Mobile software engineer describes how a hackathon idea to simplify scheduling meetings from group chats was developed into a production feature. The article covers the original user problem, reducing the process from more than eight steps to three, and collaboration among product management, design, and engineering using the RICE prioritization framework. ### Source excerpt Hey there, I am Chirayu and I'm taking you on the journey of transforming a mere idea into a fully-fledged, efficient feature that requires a compelling tale of innovation. I'm a Software Engineer at Microsoft Teams Mobile and I had the privilege of being part of this remarkable journey from the beginning. This story is not just about the technical process but the innovation, collaboration, and dedication of the teams to overcome challenges creating incredible impact. It all started when I was feeling too lazy and frustrated to schedule a meeting with folks in my hackathon group chat because I had to go to the meeting scheduler and search everyone by name, add them one by one and then schedule the meeting. Too hectic, isn't it? Is being lazy bad? No way, see this quote from the Gates. So, whenever we are lazy, we have an opportunity to make things easy for ourselves and the world. The Idea As described above, if you want to schedule a meeting while chatting in a group, you would have to: User flow to schedule a meeting from chat in Teams Mobile beforeUser flow to schedule a meeting from chat in Teams Mobile after As you can see in the above image, scheduling a meeting from chat takes 8+ steps in Teams Mobile so the idea is to reduce this to just 3 simple steps: This streamlined approach would save valuable time and simplify the process. This concept sparked the beginning of our journey. About Microsoft Global Hackathon Hackathon is a great way for ideation, innovation, collaboration & fun and Microsoft is renowned for its commitment to hackathons, conducting events like CodeFunDo in colleges and the Microsoft Global Hackathon for its employees. After demonstrating the potential of our hack, it was time to go down the road to turn it into a fully-fledged product feature accessible to millions of people on the planet. R.I.C.E. The initial phase of transitioning from a hack to a production-ready feature involves discussions with the Product Management team to craft a c ## BBC Hack Week DevFeed: [BBC Hack Week]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: David Buckhurst Published: 2022-02-10T21:20:33Z Content type: opinion Language: en Sources: [BBC]() Topics: [AdventureX 2025](), [Software Engineering](), [Development](), [DevOps]() Tags: [bbc](), [collaboration](), [feature](), [hackathon](), [hackathons](), [hacking](), [ideation](), [innovation](), [prototype](), [software-development](), [team]() ### AI overview The article discusses the BBC's annual end-of-year hack week, explaining how hackathons support ideation, innovation, collaboration, and rapid prototype development. It also shares practical guidance for organizing large hackathon events, including allowing teams to self-organize and defining goals in advance. ### Source excerpt Hackathons, innovation days, codefests -- whatever you call them -- have been a feature of the tech industry for the last 20 years, and one of the most powerful ideation tools at our disposal. The premise is simple, given a theme or problem space, the hackathon participants must self-organise into teams to explore ideas, write some code, and deliver a working prototype or demo in a ridiculously short period of time. In my time at the BBC I've taken part in many different flavours of hack -- from large multi-department events, collaborations with other organisations, 24-hour hacks, week long hacks ... no two are ever the same. It's also been my privilege to organise many of these events -- in particular our annual end-of-year hack week. The tradition of the end-of-year hack predates my 9 years at the BBC. It's origins are back in our pre-devops days, where our operations team managed our live systems for us, and the run up to Christmas was accompanied by a strict change freeze that brought all development to a crawl. Using this downtime for hacks and ideation was a great change of pace and a chance to connect with colleagues. The days of strict change freezes are long gone, but the end-of-year hack has just grown and grown over the years, and has firmly established itself as a fixture of software engineering at the BBC. Our most recent hack was the biggest ever, a week-long event in the middle of December, bringing together all our development teams. Everyone was invited to participate; Omicron had just cast a new shadow of uncertainty, and forced us all back into Zoom again. A week focused on innovation and collaboration was very much the distraction we needed. If you ever have the good fortune to organise an event of this size (we had 68 teams and nearly enough participants to smash the 500-person Zoom limit), there are some things we've learnt over the years to make these events the success... Allow teams to self-organise Resist the urge to over-manage the hack. Teams ten ## The traits you need as a Product Manager that you won't find in job descriptions DevFeed: [The traits you need as a Product Manager that you won't find in job descriptions]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Koun Han Published: 2017-01-06T21:39:50Z Content type: opinion Language: en Sources: [Square Corner Blog RSS Feed]() Topics: [Development](), [Google]() Tags: [development](), [engineering](), [ideation](), [partners](), [product-development](), [product-launch](), [requirements](), [research](), [strategy](), [teams](), [vision]() ### AI overview This commentary explains that successful Product Managers need traits beyond those typically listed in job descriptions. Drawing on the author's experience at Square, it presents the Product Manager as "fair wind" that guides cross-functional teams toward goals and product outcomes. ### Source excerpt You've read the job descriptions, familiarized yourself with the responsibilities, and understand where PMs fit in at a company. But what...