Disrupt, a Competition Platform that Survives Submission Day.
Registration, judging and results for engineering and innovation programmes, rebuilt so the busiest hour of the year is the one nothing breaks in.
- Industry
- EdTech
- Services
- Custom web applications
- Timeline
- 10 weeks to launch
- Engagement
- Fixed scope
The problem
Every deadline brought the same crisis: submissions faster than the form could take them, and results compiled by hand afterwards.Every deadline produced the same crisis: submissions arriving faster than the form could take them, judges assigned by spreadsheet, and results compiled by hand the following week.
What we did
Designed for the peak: submissions queue rather than block, uploads bypass the app, and scoring happens in the platform.We designed for the peak rather than the average: submissions queue and confirm rather than block, uploads go straight to storage instead of through the app, and judging assignment and scoring happen in the platform so results exist the moment the last score lands.
The result
Four thousand submissions on deadline day with no failed uploads, and results published the same evening.Four thousand submissions arrived on deadline day without a single failed upload, and results were published the same evening rather than the following week.
Deadline day used to be the day we all stayed up. Now it is the day we watch a dashboard and go home.
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Tell us where you are. We will tell you honestly what it takes.Tell us where you are. We will tell you honestly what it takes and what it costs.
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