Topcoder, Inc.

Appirio, Inc.

Javier Fernandez-Ivern

David Messinger

John M Hughes

Michael Lydon

Ryan James Fairfax

Anthony Ka Wing Yuen

Volodymyr Grychyna

The invention relates to a system and method for screening submissions in a production contest system. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a production competition submission from a contestant, automatically screening the submission with a screening system to verify that the submission meets predetermined requirements, and providing feedback to the contestant and a contest administrator regarding the results of whether the submission meets the predetermined requirements.

Systems and methods for screening submissions in production competitions

In general, in one aspect, a method for developing an asset by competition includes specifying standards for an asset, receiving from potential contestants indicia of interest in participating in an asset development competition in which the contestants compete to develop an asset, and determining an estimated likelihood that the asset development competition will result in an asset that meets the minimum standards based on historical information about the performance of the contestants from whom the indicia of interest were received. Steps may be taken to increase the estimated likelihood of success, upon a determination that the likelihood is less than desired. Steps may be taken to prevent registration by additional participants, upon a determination that the estimated likelihood is at or above a predetermined threshold.

System and method for manipulating success determinates in software development competitions

A system and method of developing software includes a configuring a build tool configuration file with instructions to start a server software application, provision the server software application with test data; run unit tests on software that communicates with the server software application using the test data, clean up the test data, and stop the server software application. The build tool may automatically run tasks associated with the configured instructions upon changes to software that interacts with or otherwise depends the server software application.

Server testing framework

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Javier Fernandez-Ivern