Managing challenge events

A computer program product, comprising a read-only memory (ROM) hard-wired into an apparatus that includes a processor, said ROM having computer readable program code stored therein, said program code containing instructions which, upon being executed by the processor, implement a method for obtaining, from managing a challenge event, a computer code that supports software development for a client computer, said apparatus being a special purpose machine specific to the method due to the ROM being hard wired into the apparatus, said method comprising:

• said processor selecting a plurality of participants to participate in the challenge event;
• said processor providing to the participants assets of software code for assisting the participants to deliver respective submissions as outcomes of participation by the participants in the challenge event;
• said processor receiving a solution to the challenge event in a form of a computer code from only one participant, of the plurality of participants, previously chosen by the processor from the selected plurality of participants as the only participant to submit the solution;
• said processor validating the received solution for quality and accepting the received solution;
• and
• in response to said validating and accepting the received solution, said processor delivering the received solution to the client computer, said received solution configured to be used by the client computer to support software development for the client computer.

A computer system comprising an apparatus, said apparatus comprising a processor and a read-only memory (ROM) hard-wired into the apparatus, said ROM containing program code which, upon being executed by the processor implements a method obtaining, from managing a challenge event, a computer code that supports software development for a client computer, said apparatus being a special purpose machine specific to the method due to the ROM being hard wired into the apparatus, said method comprising:

• said processor selecting a plurality of participants to participate in the challenge event;
• said processor providing to the participants assets of software code for assisting the participants to deliver respective submissions as outcomes of participation by the participants in the challenge event;
• said processor receiving a solution to the challenge event in a form of a computer code from only one participant, of the plurality of participants, previously chosen by the processor from the selected plurality of participants as the only participant to submit the solution;
• said processor validating the received solution for quality and accepting the received solution;
• and
• in response to said validating and accepting the received solution, said processor delivering the received solution to the client computer, said received solution configured to be used by the client computer to support software development for the client computer.