Apply to the Sprint Lab.

//How selection works

Two stages: apply, then interview.

• 01Stage one: applyOne form, about ten minutes; applications close Sunday, September 27. Interviews are scheduled as applications come in, so early beats deadline.
• 02Stage two: interviewA 30-minute conversation about how you build, across the table from the president of CS4Good, the president of the Data Club, or the lab's founder. Real interview practice either way; last year, 27 interviews for 15 spots.
• 03Show up; it is requiredAttendance at every Tuesday session from the second one on (September 15) and at SprintHack on October 3 to 4 is required to join the lab. Check in with the room QR at each one.
• 04Join a sprint teamSelected builders spend October to December inside a partner problem, shipping a weekly deliverable to their non-technical stakeholders and our CTO-in-Residence, and demo at the Innovation Sprint Lab Showcase, December 5. Not selected? You go on the waitlist automatically; spots open when teams re-form.

//Rotating leadership

Everyone leads, one sprint at a time.

This is how every fall 2025 team ran, and it is how yours will.

• 01Every sprint has a sprint leaderTeams work in short agile sprints. One member leads each sprint: runs planning, keeps the board honest, and owns the demo and the retro.
• 02The role hands off, it does not stickNear the end of a sprint the current leader helps pick the next one, and the incoming leader sits in on sprint planning before taking over. The goal: everyone runs at least one sprint before the Showcase.
• 03Leaders get their own roomSprint leaders meet weekly with JP Burford, our CTO-in-Residence, and the program director: progress, blockers, and how professional teams actually run.