Assignment 2: Conceptual Design and Detail Design rubric

Criteria and description Marks Max

1) Background to the problem 5
Project outline not given or project not at the correct level 0

Project outline vague and not at the correct level; student’s

1–2
project can upgrade to the correct level. 1
Project outline vague and student’s role in the project not 3
given
Project outline and student’s role partially specified 4
Project outline clear, student’s role specified, and project is at 5
level 3
2) User Requirement Specification (URS)
(Technical specification of what is required) 5

No description given 0
An incomplete description of the final product is given or the

specifications are not described in detail or do not fit

1–2
into the study period
A partial description of the final product is given. The
specifications
3
are described in detail and fit into the study period
A full description of the final product is given. The
specifications
4–5
are described in detail and fit into the study period
3) Literature Study 10
No literature review conducted which constitutes a failure 0–2
Only a few sources done and/or not well documented 3–5
Several sources done but not well documented 6–7

A comprehensive and well documented literature review

8–10
4) Concept study (Investigation and evaluation of various concepts
or possible solutions) 20

Only 1 solution proposed 0

Only 2 solutions proposed 1–5
3 solutions proposed but 2 are not feasible from an engineering
perspective 6–10

3 solutions proposed but some 1 is not feasible from an engineering

perspective 11–15

3 solutions proposed which are all sound from an engineering

perspective and could be feasible 16–20

5) Decision–making matrix (comparison of at least 3 different

concepts in terms of advantages and disadvantages) 10

Irrelevant concepts 0–2

Table layout not as per specification 3–5
Only 2 concepts well explained and/or weights not allocated 6–7
At least 3 concepts well explained, and weights allocated with the
totals equalling 100 8–10

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6) Technical specifications of the selected concept (How will 10
the
system meet the requirements?)
No specifications given 0
The technical specifications are not detailed and are not 1–2
achievable.
The technical specifications are fairly detailed, relevant, fairly
well
3–5
documented, meet the requirements and are achievable.
The technical specifications are detailed, relevant, fairly well
documented, meet the requirements and are achievable. 6–7

The technical specifications are detailed, relevant, well

documented,
8–10
meet the requirements and are achievable.
7) A detailed engineering design 20
The design is a direct copy of an existing solution. 0
The design is not based on sound engineering principles and
recognized
1–5
standards. The design has several errors.
The design is based on sound engineering principles and
recognized
6–10
standards. The design has several errors.
The design is based on sound engineering principles and
recognized
11–15
standards. The design is fairly well documented.
The design is based on sound engineering principles and
recognized
16–20
standards. The design is very well documented.

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8) A test procedure explaining how the design will be tested and 10

evaluated to see whether it meets the requirements

No testing procedure 0
A vague testing procedure is given but no indication as to how the
results will be analysed. 1–2

A vague testing procedure is given and some indication as to how

the results
3–5
will be analysed is given.
A well described testing procedure is given but no indication as to
how
6–7
the results will be analysed.
A well described testing procedure is given as well as how the
results
8–10
will be analysed and is well documented.
9) A cost analysis and design implementation schedule 10
No costing has been done 0
A detailed costing has been documented but three of the following
costs
have been excluded: labour, materials, manufacturing and testing 1–2
costs.
A detailed costing has been documented but two of the following
costs have
been excluded: labour, materials, manufacturing and testing 3–5
costs.
A detailed costing has been documented but one of the following
costs has
been excluded: labour, materials, manufacturing and testing 6–7
costs.
A detailed costing has been documented including labour,
materials,
manufacturing and testing costs. 8–10
Total 25 100