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    "title" : "Six Tips for Measuring Success in Challenge Competitions |Digital.gov",
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    {"title" :"Six Tips for Measuring Success in Challenge Competitions","summary" : "You’ve run a challenge and prize competition, selected your winners, and distributed the prizes. If you think you’re done, guess again. There’s much more to challenge and prize competition success than getting a solution that solves your problem or meets the criteria.","date" : "2014-03-20T10:09:09-04:00","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"ktrebon" : "Karen Trebon"},"topics" : {
        
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      "filepath" :"news/2014/03/2014-03-20-six-tips-for-measuring-success-in-challenge-competitions.md",
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      "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/03/2014-03-20-six-tips-for-measuring-success-in-challenge-competitions.md","slug" : "six-tips-for-measuring-success-in-challenge-competitions","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/03/20/six-tips-for-measuring-success-in-challenge-competitions/","content" :"\u003cp\u003eYou’ve run a \u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2013/11/01/federal-government-challenges-and-contests/\" title=\"Post that defines challenge and prize competition\"\u003echallenge and prize competition\u003c/a\u003e, selected your winners, and distributed the prizes. If you think you’re done, guess again. There’s much more to challenge and prize competition success than getting a solution that solves your problem or meets the criteria.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"image image-right image-right-legacy\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg\n    src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2014/03/measure-success-250x166.jpg\"\n    alt=\"A measuring tape is next to the word success.\"/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYou need to measure success right after your challenge as you work to implement the winning solution. But you also need to measure success over time by keeping in touch with your winners and the other contestants. Set aside time on your calendar to follow up by phone or email. Continually measure success and communicate all this information up your chain of command.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere are just a few measures of success:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReturn on investment.\u003c/strong\u003e For the prize money, what is the value of what you received?  Based on participation in your challenge, did a winner or contestant expand their business and create jobs?\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCost effectiveness.\u003c/strong\u003e Was your challenge less expensive and/or faster than a traditional grant or procurement?\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eQuantity/quality/viability/diversity of submissions.\u003c/strong\u003e Did you get more submissions than you expected? How many of them met or exceeded the criteria? How many of them were viable? How many of the participants were new to the industry versus known players?\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerformance improvement compared to current solutions.\u003c/strong\u003e Is the solution that came out of your challenge more efficient than your current practices? Will you be able to save time and solve your problem faster, as a result of what you learned in your challenge? Remember, you can even learn from submissions that didn’t win.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAwareness.\u003c/strong\u003e This includes traditional media press coverage, as well as social media (tweets using your challenge hashtag, re-tweets). Are your solvers now more aware of your agency’s programs and data sets? Did they ask for more information? A great example: After the \u003ca title=\"EPA Apps for the Environment Challenge\" href=\"http://appsfortheenvironment.challengepost.com/\"\u003eEPA Apps for the Environment Challenge\u003c/a\u003e, coders continued to develops apps with the data.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePartner satisfaction and engagement.\u003c/strong\u003e Were your challenge partners engaged and satisfied with their participation? Would they partner with you on another challenge?\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor more information, refer back to the videos and slides from DigitalGov University’s training on this topic.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"metrics-and-measuring-for-results\"\u003eMetrics and Measuring for Results\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePresenter: Tammi Marcoullier, GSA, \u003ca href=\"https://challenge.gov/\"\u003eChallenge.gov\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ciframe src=\"//www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/key/v4iUbxPZACiHoO\" width=\"595\" height=\"485\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"border:1px solid #CCC; border-width:1px; margin-bottom:5px; max-width: 100%;\" allowfullscreen\u003e \u003c/iframe\u003e \u003cdiv style=\"margin-bottom:5px\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e \u003ca href=\"//www.slideshare.net/DigitalGov/challengegov-federal-challenge-prize-competitions-metrics-measuring-for-success\" title=\"Challenge.gov Federal Challenge \u0026amp; Prize Competitions: Metrics \u0026amp; Measuring for Success\" target=\"_blank\" alt=\"Slides: Challenge.gov Federal Challenge and Prize Competitions: Metrics and Measuring for Success\"\u003eChallenge.gov Federal Challenge \u0026amp; Prize Competitions: Metrics \u0026amp; Measuring for Success\u003c/a\u003e \u003c/strong\u003e from \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.slideshare.net/DigitalGov\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDigitalGov from General Services Administration\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e \u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"metrics-and-measuring-for-success\"\u003eMetrics and Measuring for Success\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePresenter: Cristin Dorgelo, White House Office of Science \u0026amp; Technology Policy\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ciframe src=\"//www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/key/1Mu3ehdE0SLswD\" width=\"595\" height=\"485\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"border:1px solid #CCC; border-width:1px; margin-bottom:5px; max-width: 100%;\" allowfullscreen\u003e \u003c/iframe\u003e \u003cdiv style=\"margin-bottom:5px\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e \u003ca href=\"//www.slideshare.net/DigitalGov/incentive-prizes\" title=\"Incentive Prizes: Designing and Measuring for Impact\" alt=\"Slides: Incentive Prizes: Designing and Measuring for Impact\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eIncentive Prizes: Designing and Measuring for Impact\u003c/a\u003e \u003c/strong\u003e from \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.slideshare.net/DigitalGov\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDigitalGov from General Services Administration\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e \u003c/div\u003e\n"}
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