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Criteria
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Level 4
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Level 3
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Level 2
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Level 1
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Design and Accuracy
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30 points
Design choices are explained and are reasonable.
Technical information is reasonably accurate.
Any specific technical information is based on research/textbook as appropriate.
Assumptions are identified/described.
The overall design is “unified” (limited inconsistencies).
Explanation of business/technical reasons for decisions provided
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23 points
Design choices are justified.
Some technical information is missing.
Assumptions are not clear.
Design in not unified.
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16 points
Design choices are limited.
Technical information is inappropriate.
Limited evidence business or technical decisions
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9 points
Design choices are not justified.
Technical information is misrepresented.
Assumptions are not documented.
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Topic Coverage (Level of Detail)
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20 points
All of the topics are addressed to a reasonable depth.
The paper includes a sufficient level of technical detail.
Paper provides manpower/scheduling estimates
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15 points
Some topics are missing and/or not explained properly.
Missing information on manpower estimates.
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10 points
Topics are present but not explained properly.
Information in scheduling/manpower estimate is misrepresented.
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5 points
Most topics are not present.
Chart for manpower and estimates is missing.
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Organization, Quality, Grammar and Spelling
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20 points
Submission is organized logically.
Ideas are presented coherently.
Writing style is appropriate.
There are very few errors in grammar or spelling
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15 points
Paper has a couple misspellings and/or grammatical errors and/or is 1 or 2 pages outside the assigned length.
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10 points
Paper has several misspellings and/or grammatical errors and/or is approximately 3 pages outside the assigned length.
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5 points
Work has significant spelling errors and/or grammatical errors and/or is 4 or more pages outside the assigned length.
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Paper Requirements
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16 points
Formatting requirements met.
Paper length requirements met.
At least one diagram used.
Title page provided
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12 points
Formatting is not proper but the length of the paper is met.
Diagram is present.
Title page provided.
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8 points
Formatting is met but paper does not have adequate length.
Diagram is misrepresented.
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4 points
Formatting requirements are not met.
Paper is does not meet length requirements.
No diagram is present.
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Citation and Quotations
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14 points
Any external sources were cited/quoted.
Citations and quotations used appropriately.
APA format followed properly for citations.
At least one non-textbook, non-LabSim, non-Wikipedia resource referenced
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11 points
Student presents information in logical sequence which reader can follow.
There are at least 5 references, but they either lack variety or APA format is not followed.
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