Marking Criteria

CISC221, Fall 2001 Roel Vertegaal

Programs will be marked according to the following four general criteria:

Structure and Design

40%

• Is the program well designed to solve the problem?
• Is the structure clear and well partitioned into procedures and functions where appropriate?
• Are the major data structures well chosen?

Program Code

20%

• Is the coding of the program design clear and easy to read?
• Is the code well commented to reflect the design and clearly explain tricky parts?
• Are the identifiers well chosen to reflect the meaning of variables, constants and procedures?
• Is the program designed to be easy to modify?

Testing and Correctness

20%

• Is the test input set complete and documented?
• Do the tests adequately demonstrate that the program works correctly in each case?
• Is the program robust? (i.e., is erroneous input handled well?)

Documentation

20%

• Is the user's guide provided adequate for the intended user community to understand how to use the program?
• Is the overall program design documented to help a program maintainer understand the major structure and workings of the program?

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