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How does a Quickstart differ from a Hackathon?

 

Hackathon
Quickstart
Standard Duration

1-2 Days

4-8 Days

Fixed Deliverable

No

Yes

Participant Cap

11

5

# of Use Cases per

1

1

Training and Enablement

Yes

Yes

Hands-On Development by Architect

No

Yes

Virtual or In-Person Delivery

Both

Both

Production Ready Solution

No

Yes

Deployed Solution

No

Yes

Customer Data

Yes

Yes

Customer Environment

Students Only

Architect and Students

Stakeholder Solution Demo

No

Yes

Structured Agenda/Activities

Partial

Yes

Follow Up Support

Add-on Service

Included

More Training: Virtual Mentoring

No

Yes

More Training: On Demand Learning

No

Yes

 

Standard Duration

Hackathon

1-2 Days

Quickstart

4-8 Days
Fixed Deliverable

Hackathon

No

Quickstart

Yes
Participant Cap

Hackathon

11

Quickstart

5
# of Use Cases per

Hackathon

1

Quickstart

1
Training and Enablement

Hackathon

Yes

Quickstart

Yes
Hands-On Development by Architect

Hackathon

No

Quickstart

Yes
Virtual or In-Person Delivery

Hackathon

Both

Quickstart

Both
Production Ready Solution

Hackathon

No

Quickstart

Yes
Deployed Solution

Hackathon

No

Quickstart

Yes
Customer Data

Hackathon

Yes

Quickstart

Yes
Customer Environment

Hackathon

Students Only

Quickstart

Architect and Students
Stakeholder Solution Demo

Hackathon

No

Quickstart

Yes
Structured Agenda/Activities

Hackathon

Partial

Quickstart

Yes
Follow Up Support

Hackathon

Add-on Service

Quickstart

Included
More Training: Virtual Mentoring

Hackathon

No

Quickstart

Yes
More Training: On Demand Learning

Hackathon

No

Quickstart

Yes

4 steps to Quickstart success

Unlike traditional consulting, where you receive a delivered solution without learning the process, our QuickStart engagements combine expert-led development with collaborative learning.

In just 4 to 8 days, your team will achieve quick wins, gain a clear deliverable, and be fully enabled to support and expand the solution post-engagement.

Guaranteed success with a fixed timeline and clear, measurable outcomes! 🚀

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1

Identify Your Business Need

Define a use case that aligns with your strategic goals, ensuring your solution addresses a real business challenge.

2

Accelerate Development with Experts

Work closely with our specialists in a short, focused development cycle to bring your vision to life efficiently.

3

Collaborate and Learn

Partner with our team to build your solution hands-on, gaining valuable insights and skills along the way.

4

Review and Empower Your Team

Wrap up with a review session to ensure your team is confident, prepared, and ready to take the next steps independently.

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Why Choose a QuickStart?

Our Quickstart offering is designed to deliver rapid value with a clear scope, empowering your team while setting the stage for long-term success.

What you’ll get:

  •  Fixed Duration & Cost
    No surprise costs—our structured approach ensures efficiency and transparency.
  • Quick Wins, Low Investment
    Shorter duration means lower cost while achieving measurable results.
  • Enablement Focused
    Your team learns not just the "what" but the "how" to sustain and enhance the solution.
  • Stakeholder Engagement
    We help you secure buy-in from key stakeholders, ensuring alignment with business goals.
  • High Satisfaction
    Many customers continue working with us to expand their success.

Popular QuickStart Focus Areas

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Copilot Studio

Create your own intelligent virtual agents that support customer interactions with generative AI.

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Dynamics 365 CRM

Implement and deploy your own instance of Dynamics365 Sales or Customer Insights and train your organization to embrace it in a little as 2 weeks

Power Apps

Start with a fresh business application idea or recreate an old one with Model-Driven and Canvas Apps.

Power Pages

Customize the front end of your external facing application to optimize the user experience.

Power Automate

Eliminate time-consuming manual tasks by creating your own Cloud and Desktop Flows for business process automation.

Microsoft Fabric

Set up your data and analytics environment while learning to build & deploy your own Power BI Reports.

Power Platform Administration

Establish the foundation to secure, monitor and administer all of your Power Platform based solutions.

Power BI

Build interactive dashboards and insights from your data.

97% of fortune 100 companies trust us

Thousands of companies use Pragmatic Works to learn how to best develop and administer their analytics and data systems.

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Our clients say

Group 116046788

Well worth the investment! We were able to steamroll through a number of blockers and get jumpstarted on something that will take a bit longer.

Group 116046789

Nate swiftly helped us with our maintenance question, and took some time to whiteboard Power Automate Solutions and a hypothetical scenario.  Just what we needed.

Group 116046790

I received information which will inform future decisions with regards to what is available out of the box, vs custom code. 

Group 116046791

I'm not sure that his service could be improved at this point.  Everything was spot on, detailed and accurate.  Thank you!

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