問35
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ある企業が，フィンテックを活用した新サービスを実現するためのプログラムを開発しようとしている。そこで，デザイナ，プログラマなどを集めてチームを編成し，数日を掛けて集中的にプログラム開発作業に取り組み，その成果を競い合うイベントを企画した。このようなイベントを表す用語として，最も適切なものはどれか。
令和2年度 ITパスポート試験 問35
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解説
問 35
Incorrectア
A walkthrough is a review method in which developers read through a program or specification they created together on paper to detect errors or defects early. It is work for quality checking, not an event in which teams compete over their development results.
Incorrectイ
Gamification is the idea of applying game elements and mechanisms such as points, rankings, and badges to non-game fields (learning, marketing, etc.) in order to motivate users and encourage their behavior. It is not a term for a several-day development-contest-style event.
- ウ
正解 The correct answer is ウ, “Hackathon.” Hackathon is a coined word combining “hack” and “marathon.” It refers to an event in which engineers, designers, and others form small teams and, over a short period such as a few days, intensively develop software or services and then compete over the results. The question’s descriptions—gathering designers and programmers to form a team, working intensively on program development over several days, and competing over the results—are exactly the characteristics of a hackathon, which is also often used as a venue for building prototypes of new FinTech services.
Incorrectエ
Brainstorming is an idea-generation method in which several people freely offer ideas, with principles such as no criticism allowed, quantity over quality, and welcoming building on others’ ideas. It is a technique for generating ideas, not an event for intensively developing programs and competing over the results.
ここがポイント
- A hackathon is a coined word from hack + marathon, and refers to an event in which teams intensively develop software over a short period and compete over the results.
- Distinguishing it from similar terms: a walkthrough (a review method), gamification (applying game elements), and brainstorming (an idea-generation method) are none of them a development-contest-style event.
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