CS439 Shell Project Rubric

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Shell Project Detailed Rubric

Project Component	Level 5	Level 4	Level 3	Level 2
Design, Design Communication, and Documentation	No race conditions or concurrency errors revealed when visually inspected Parallelism is not unnecessarily limited. Data structures are always created and managed correctly and efficiently. Design document accurately and clearly describes code function and answers the given questions fib() implemented according to the specifications and does not create unnecessary processes Follows all structure and formatting guidelines, including those provided for the design document	When visually inspected, reveals one or fewer race conditions or concurrency errors Parallelism is sometimes unnecessarily limited. Data structures are sometimes not created and managed correctly and efficiently. Design document satisfactorily describes code function and answers the given questions fib() largely implemented according to the specifications (e.g., changes parameters or return type of doFib()) but may create some unnecessary processes Follows most structure and formatting guidelines, including those provided for the design document	When visually inspected, reveals a few race conditions or concurrency errors Parallelism is often unnecessarily limited. Data structures are often not created and managed correctly and efficiently. Design document unsatisfactorily describes code function and answers the given questions fib() not implemented according to the specifications (fails to calculate recursively or fails to calculate result using child processes) or may create some unnecessary processes Follows few structure and formatting guidelines, including those provided for the design document	When visually inspected, reveals many race conditions or concurrency errors Parallelism is unnecessarily limited. Data structures are not created and managed correctly and efficiently. Design document incorrectly or fails to describe code function and answer the given questions fib() not implemented according to the specifications (fails to calculate recursively and fails to calculate result using child processes) and/or creates some unnecessary processes Follows few structure and formatting guidelines, including those provided for the design document
Test Cases	Passes all test cases, including those from fib, handle, and utcsh.	fib submission passes all but one test case handle largely behaves correctly utcsh submission passes 27 test cases or more	fib submission passes most test cases handle mostly behaves correctly, but fails to wait for one second before printing in some cases utcsh submission passes 20 test cases or more	fib submission fails half or more of the test cases handle fails to receive signals correctly or sleep properly utcsh submission fails more than 12 test cases or doesn't execute
Notes Completing the planning, reflection, and evaluation documents for this project will add 4/10ths to your design score, or the pro-rated equivalent. However, a grade higher than a 5 may not be awarded. Conversely, students who fail to complete all documents may earn a maximum of a 4 on the design. Turning in the skeleton code earns a design document score of 1. Be certain to review the General Grading Criteria that applies to all projects. You may report a grade discrepancy if you feel that we overlooked information and thus made a mistake in evaluating your submission. Please see the syllabus for more information.