Identified and justified measurable success criteria for the proposed solution [1].
These are the criteria against which you will ultimately evaluate your solution. They should be specific, measurable, and justified.
Be careful not to include either too few or too many success criteria. It is common for projects to have more success criteria than essential features. Without enough success criteria, you may limit your ability to access marks in the evaluation section. With too many success criteria, you risk giving yourself an unsustainable amount of work.
Moderators' report
Moderators note that students who “[confuse] requirements, features and success criteria, or [have] trivial success criteria like functionality tests” do poorly [1]. In particular, they note how this poor start “[makes] critical evaluations difficult at the end of the project” [1].
Successful success criteria are objectively measurable and justified with evidence: “it should be fun” is subjective and a poor example of a success criterion. You could measure the objectivity of a success criterion by asking the question: “if a random developer off the street were to measure my solution against this criterion, would they reach the same conclusion as me?” You could also ask the question “if a random developer off the street were to read my success criteria, would they be able to code a suitable version of my proposed solution?” to consider the suitability of your success criteria.
Using a table can reduce the amount of writing you need to do and clearly present the identification and justification of your success criteria. Strong justifications often reference stakeholder requirements and product research. There is no need to create new copies of evidence, page numbers or links are fine.
Numbering your success criteria can be helpful to quickly reference them later.
Specification links
References
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[1]Cambridge OCR 2024. A Level Computer Science Moderators’ Report H446/03/04 Summer 2024 Series. Cambridge OCR.
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[2]Cambridge OCR 2024. A Level Specification Computer Science H446. Cambridge OCR.