At HTP we welcome non-technical team members (which is not always the case at hackathons) and feel that project management is a crucial part of a successful hackathon project. It’s important to avoid “hackers in a cage,” a phrase coined by BLAH BLAH that means:

…one nontechnical founder holds controlling power and treats the hackers as subordinates.

Some articles that can be helpful 27 Ways to Refocus a Team