Marking Criteria

Introduction

Defines the project area and its place within the subject.
The introduction proceeds from the wider concerns of Computer Science to the specific subject of the report by way of an orderly and natural progression of ideas.

Reviews the background to the project comprehensively, incorporates relevant issues succinctly, omits the irrelevant.
Uses the review to identify all the main issues, which are then analysed and developed.
The review is a penetrating analysis showing an impressive grasp of the subject and excellent judgement in the selection of previous work that should be applied in the project; it gives new insights into the project area not immediately identifiable from the literature.

From the review, explains the rationale behind the design of the work done, comparing all alternative designs and justifying the particular choices made.
Describes the work done succinctly, but in enough detail for the reader to appreciate all the significant points.
There is something distinctly ambitious about what has been attempted and the student has carried off the attempt with style, rarely defeated by problems encountered and more typically finding some clever solution.

Evaluates the artefact, comparing results expected from the theory (including those for alternative designs) with those obtained in practice

States clear conclusions from the work done, making accurate predictions of results that would be obtained by applying the present work in new areas.