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Product & Features Overview

FCTF combines challenge authoring, secure runtime orchestration, contestant solve workflows, and operational governance in one platform.

This page is the entry map for feature documentation.

How to use this section

Read this page first, then open the role-specific pages in the sidebar for operational details.

Role Tracks​

TrackPrimary audienceCanonical pages
Admin FeaturesAdmin, Jury, Challenge Writerdocs/product-and-features/admin/*
Contestant FeaturesContestants and team captainsdocs/product-and-features/contestant/*

The Admin track and Architecture/Install tracks are the approved baseline for platform operations. Other pages should stay aligned with those baseline semantics.

Product Goals​

  • Deliver a reliable contestant solving experience under high concurrency.
  • Give operations teams full control over challenge lifecycle and runtime environments.
  • Preserve fairness with server-side enforcement, traceability, and policy controls.
  • Support post-event analysis through analytics, logs, and audit evidence.

Feature Families​

Admin Families​

  • Accounts, identity governance, and compliance controls
  • Challenge authoring, deployment, and version lifecycle
  • Live runtime control, monitoring, and audit-grade log surfaces
  • Scoring analytics, reward queries, and event governance

Contestant Families​

  • Access and challenge discovery
  • Solve workflow (start, access token, submit)
  • Team collaboration (profile, scoreboard, activity logs)
  • Support operations (ticket create/list/view/delete)
  • Fair-play controls and security guardrails

Documentation Quality Standard​

Keep each feature page consistent with approved tracks by using this structure:

  1. Scope and purpose
  2. UI and operation flow
  3. Key controls and constraints
  4. Expected outcomes
  5. Evidence sources (logs, status, API behavior)

Core Navigation Map​

Admin​

  • Platform Governance
  • Challenge Operations
  • Live Runtime Control
  • Analytics and Incentives
  • Support and Compliance

Contestant​

  • Contestant Guideline (end-to-end)
  • Access and Discovery
  • Solve Workflow
  • Team Collaboration and Support
  • Fairness and Security Controls

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