Before you get started
You'll need to make some big decisions and map your existing resources in preparation for a successful crowdsourcing experience.
Assess your capacity
It’s important that you have the capacity to put at least 100 hours into a challenge – whether that’s from one team member or as a combined effort. This could drop to 35 hours for your second challenge. We’ve created a survey tool to help you focus your thinking – using the results from this, we’ll be able to send you some initial recommendations for your challenge.
Prepare early
It’s helpful to have at least four weeks to prepare for your challenge. While it doesn’t hurt to have more time – especially when it comes to engaging expert peers and contributors, and preparing communication – we've found that a month-long run-up is usually enough. See here for more information on time frames.
