The RAD Race ©

What is new in edition 2005/6

• The Original RAD Race will help an existing social (= "not-for-profit") organisation by delivering a program that supports their acivitities and/or organisational goals.
• The best application that was made during the competition, will be distributed and used freely in the field afterwards.

  and this is called: "SocialiT" ©.

General - In the Original RAD Race (c) all teams program the same assignment, after an in-depth briefing with Q&A. All programs are evaluated and the team with best program wins. No bla bla, only verifiable and tangible results count.

Assignment - it describes the setting for a business-oriented application that is to be made during the Race.

• In general terms and application/tool independent.
• No specific methodology or modeling technique is used; just plain, descriptive English.
• Is completely original, therefore copyrighted and it will not be used again.

Data model - A basic data model can be delivered in a conceptual form; it is 90 % complete and can/must be altered by the team during development of the assignment. Also, real-life data is delivered on CD-ROM so that the databases can by populated to a (almost) real-life extent. Data is delivered in a popular file format.

Time Frame - The RAD Race “full version” takes about 2 working days. The general setting and deliverables for Day 1 make up part 1 of the assignment; possible further additions - changes - alterations are given with Assignment Part 2 on Day 2.

Public character - The RAD Race is public by nature of the open and extended “call for participation”.

• First of all, development tool vendors are invited to enter with a “factory-team”.
• After which other teams with a similar toolset are accepted on a “first come, first serve basis”.

Team size - A RAD Race team consists of 2 team members. There are no rules for the skills or qualifications of the team members. But bring your best people!

Number of teams - From 5 to 20 teams, depending largely on the facilities available.

Software Development Tools & Hardware - There are no limitations whatsoever to the extent or the nature of the development tools used in the RAD Race.

• This applies to the IDE, database, modeling tool, code generator, toolbox, API, model, framework, object – function library and/or any other pre-defined software asset(s).
• Teams must bring along their necessary hardware to setup their own private network for the RAD Race.
• Only one exception : hardware must be fysically carried into the RAD Race competition location by the competitors.

Jury - The jury is a team of knowledgeable professionals with a wide range of development-oriented skills. They make a final decision and rank the teams. A jury report is publicly issued through the channel of Datanews.

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