One page essay

Rubric: HW 4 CSE 435 (F17)

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Excellent Fair Poor

System Overview (5) What the system is supposed to do and how it works is clearly de�ned.

(3) What the system to do is passably de�ned, but how it works is left unclear.

(1) What the system is supposed to do is unclear.

Hardware Reqs (5) The additional hardware re- quired for the system is well thought out.

(3) General hardware require- ments are mentioned, but key details are missing.

(1) Hardware requirements are unnecessarily brief.

Software Reqs (5) The software required for the system is well thought out.

(3) General software require- ments are mentioned, but key details are missing.

(1) Software requirements are unnecessarily brief.

Quality Measures (5) Concrete, testable perfor- mance are given.

(3) Qualitative or vague perfor- mance measures are given.

(1) Performance measures are untestable.

Clarity (5) Each requirement is clear and able to stand on its own.

(3) Some requirements require additional support.

(1) How multiple methods han- dle changes is incorrect or not described.

Con�ict (5) None of the requirements are super�uous or con�icting.

(3) Two of the requirements con�ict with each other or up to two requirements are super- �uous.

(1) Multiple requirements are in con�ict or are super�uous.

Cohesion (5) Each paragraph has a thesis sentence with supporting text.

(3) Some paragraphs have mul- tiple ideas or no thesis.

(1) There is little cohesion to the paper.

Grammar (5) The paper is relatively free from spelling and grammar er- rors.

(3) There are some spelling and grammar errors.

(1) There are signi�cant spelling and grammar errors that noticably detract from the paper.

Additional Info (Extra Credit)

(2) Two additional sources are cited and help de�ne the list of requirements.

(1) Two additional sources are cited, but their addition is un- clear.

(0) No additional sources are cited.

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