Software competition medal criteria

The following six-part message contains information about the gold medal categories for the 1994 Developers Competition. The competition will be held Oct. 6-8 in Durham, North Carolina. This information is being posted on this newsgroup to solicit input on the criteria selected. We welcome feedback and are doing this specifically to insure that the competition is as fair to all the different languages as possible. Additional information can be found obtained by anonymous ftp at ftp://ftp.nando.net/pub/droege in zipped form (dcmp94.zip) or at ftp://ftp.nando.net/pub/droege/unzipped in ASCII text. Also information has been posted on the web at http://www.nando.net And of course you may email us directly: Thomas Droege <71333.3015@compuserve.com> - Tom Droege 1994 Developers Competition 1994 Developers Competition - Gold Medal Criteria General Guidelines This year the Developers Competition will evaluate five specific areas of interest and award Gold, Silver and Bronze medals to the best teams. These guidelines answer specific questions about the "Gold Medal Rounds". 1. Medals will be awarded in the following categories: Graphical User Interface (GUI) Rapid Application Development (RAD) Client/Server Object Oriented Programming (OOP) MultiMedia 2. Each medal round has its own set of judging criteria. 3. Each team may select 1 or 2 medal rounds to compete in. 4. Qualification for the medal rounds is determined by your ranking in the "general" competition. In order to qualify for the medal round, your finish in the general competition must rank within the top 6 teams in your category. When you qualify, the gold medal judge will contact you to review your application for the gold medal criteria. For instance, if after the first round of judging the teams competing in the Client/Server Category were ranked 2nd, 5th, 10th, 20th, 25th, 26th, etc... in the general competition, those teams would advance to the medal rounds. Any other Client/Server teams, even if they could score a perfect 100 on the Client/Server criteria would NOT qualify. 5. The Gold Medals consist of one ounce of pure gold stamped with the logo of the 1994 Developers Competition. The category will be engraved on the medal. Only one gold medal will be given to each of the 5 winning gold medalist teams. A second, gold plated, silver medal will be given to each of the 5 winning gold medalist teams. Second and Third place teams will each receive two silver and two bronze medals respectfully. The specific criteria for each of the gold medal rounds follow: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1994 Developers Competition - Gold Medal Criteria Graphical User Interface 1. Graphical Design: (Window design, Screen design) ____ 0-8 Pts. Practical & Efficient - Show how the GUI design used is Practical in its presentation and show the Efficient use of the full screen and use of user windows. ____ 0-8 Pts. Consistency - Demonstrate how the user interface is Consistent and flows through from screen to screen. ____ 0-8 Pts. Icons - Demonstrate how the Icons are self documenting and useful to the users. ____ 0-5 Pts. Controls - Are adequate Controls implemented to facilitate ease of use. Show how the variety of control options available have been put to good use. ____ 0-5 Pts. Pull Downs - Show how the Pull Downs represent all the needed functionality necessary for the application. Have important options been left out. ____ 0-5 Pts. Dialog Boxes - Demonstrate the Dialog Boxes being implemented in a useful manor. What kind have been implemented(Modal/Modeless)? Are any cascading? ____ 0-5 Pts. Colors - Are Colors pleasant and professional to the normal user. ____ 0-5 Pts. User Customization(Colors,Sizes,Fonts,Etc.) - Can user change parameters easily. 2. Error Handling: ____ 0-5 Pts. Error logging - Demonstrate how this is done in a easily understood and self documenting manner. ____ 0-5 Pts. Single input error - When showing a single input error is error responded to or is just an OK box displayed. ____ 0-8 Pts. Multiple errors - Show how multiple errors resolved (range dependencies etc.) 3. Menu: ____ 0-8 Pts. Consistency of choices - Demonstrate how Menu choice is consistent from item to item and menu to Menu. ____ 0-5 Pts. Accelerator keystrokes - Show the Accelerator Keystrokes available. Do all the functions have accelerator keystrokes associated with them. 4. User Feedback: ____ 0-5 Pts. Visual - Demonstrate clear self documenting feedback. ____ 0-5 Pts. Audible - Demonstrate a distinguishable tone for the user. 5. On-line Help: ____ 0-5 Pts. Context Sensitive - Show how easy it is to switch to help when needed. ____ 0-5 Pts. 3rd party tools that do a better job - Demonstrate how any 3rd party utilities have been used. Have 3rd party tools been used to fill in the places where they could do a better job. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1994 Developers Competition - Gold Medal Criteria Rapid Application Development The RAD (Rapid Application Development) Gold Medal Round will be based on successful implementation of additional new tables and reports that will be provided Friday morning. It is basically "more of the same" requirements that are provided in the general specification. You can count on 3 more tables and 2 more reports that must be developed and integrated into the rest of the application. A script will be provided in the morning to demonstrate each of the following criteria. 1. Data Entry and Maintenance (25 pts). ____ 15 pts. Show the Data Entry and Maintenance capabilities for each of the 3 new tables. ____ 10 pts. Demonstrate the integration of the new tables with the rest of the application as described in the specifications. 2. Relational Capabilities (25 pts). ____ 5 pts. After editing the records as shown in the script