Development of a Minimum Viable Product to manage Hackathons.
Minimum Viable Product, Hackathons, Software.
The Minimum Viable Product (MVP) is an intelligent way to test the success of an idea before investing financial resources or one's own time into it. Therefore, the objective of this work is to present the process and the product developed in the Master's program in Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer for Innovation (PROFNIT). The developed product aims to automate, manage, and support all sta- ges involving facilitators, mentors, and teams in the event. Its development was based on the execution methodology, organization, and specific tools of the VIA Estação Conhecimento hackathon. For the creation of the product, the decision was made to follow the agile development methodology known as Scrum and the best practices of software engineering. It was identified that the minimum viable product can be considered a crucial stage, especially in the development of new products. We can expect more hackathons to become instruments of innovation, allowing companies and government organizations to solve complex problems in a simple and innovative manner.