Hackathons and similar time-bounded events are a global phenomenon. Their proliferation in various domains and their usefulness for a variety of goals has led to the emergence of different formats. While there are a multitude of guidelines available on how to prepare and run a hackathon, most of them focus on a particular format that was created for a specific purpose within a domain for a certain type of participant. This makes it difficult, in particular, for novice organizers to decide how to run an event that fits their needs. To address this gap we developed the original version of this planning kit in 2020 which focused on in-person events that were the dominant form of hackathons then. That planning kit was organized around 12 key decisions that organizers need to take when preparing for, running, and following up on a hackathon. Fast forward to 2025, after going through a global pandemic that forced all events to move online, we now see different forms of events - in-person, online, and hybrid - taking place across the globe, and while they can be all valuable, they have different affordances and require different considerations when planning. To account for these differences, we decided to update the original planning kit by adding a section that discusses the affordances and requirements of in-person, online, and hybrid events to each of the 12 decisions. In addition, we modified the original example timelines to include different forms and types of events. We also updated the planning kit in general based on insights we gained through continuing to organize and study hackathons. The main planning kit is available online while this report is meant to be a downloadable and citable resource.

翻译：黑客松及类似限时活动已成为全球性现象。其在各领域的普及以及对实现多样化目标的有用性催生了不同形式的活动模式。尽管存在大量关于如何筹备和举办黑客松的指南，但大多数指南都侧重于特定领域内为特定类型参与者设计的单一活动形式。这使得新手组织者尤其难以决定如何举办符合自身需求的活动。为填补这一空白，我们于2020年开发了本策划工具包的原始版本，该版本主要针对当时占主导地位的线下活动形式。该工具包围绕组织者在筹备、运行和跟进黑客松时需要做出的12项关键决策进行构建。时间推进至2025年，在经历迫使所有活动转向线上的全球疫情后，我们观察到线下、线上及混合形式的活动正在全球范围内并行开展。尽管这些形式都具有价值，但它们在策划阶段具有不同的功能特性和差异化考量。为适应这些差异，我们决定更新原始工具包，在每项决策中新增讨论线下、线上及混合活动特性与要求的章节。此外，我们修改了原始时间表示例以涵盖不同形式和类型的活动，并基于持续组织与研究黑客松获得的洞察对工具包进行了全面更新。主要策划工具包可通过在线平台获取，本报告则旨在提供可下载和引用的资源版本。