Success Criteria

Developing Success Criteria

What is the success criteria for the Personal Project?

The success criteria measures the degree to which the product aspires to attain and which can be judged against at the completion of the project. Basically, this is your rubric that you will use to assess yourself at the end of the project. 

In order to develop criteria for your project, you need to develop a set of specifications for your product/outcome. When creating your specifications, ask yourself the following questions: 

• How will I know when I have achieved my goal?

• How can I judge the quality of my product/outcome?

• Success Criteria must be...testable, measurable, observable, evaluative of the product, evaluative of the impact on the student or community

• Ideas for specific product features

  • product form: technique or material used, number of pages, length, resources/people, visual aspects, colors, size, text type

  • product content: target audience, organization, quality of the language, result achieved

Specifications: You need to create  4-6  specifications for your criteria.

Example 1: Educational Website for Addressing Stress and Anxiety

Example of success criteria for developing an educational website aimed at educating teachers, parents, and students about stress and anxiety of students.

• Function: The website is educational about ways to help children deal with stress and anxiety.  All the content on the site will be attainable by the 3 click rule; no web page is further than 3 clicks away. The website will contain at least 4 videos that each focus on at least one of the following attributes: parent, teacher, or student.

• Size: Each video is over 1 minute long and will not exceed 4 minutes. The site will have at least 5 web pages.

• Aesthetics: Each page will include at least one photograph to make it visually appealing to the audience. The website will contain at least 5 photographs spread over at least 5 web pages.

• Resources: The website will be created using WordPress and will be a combination of videos, photographs, and text.

• Quality: The website will include at least one interview from the following people: the principal, a  student, and a teacher as a resource for the target audience. The videos will contain multiple senses and use a mixture of techniques such as clear audio so the subject can be heard clearly, the subject is lit so we can see them clearly, and background music.

• Customer: a minimum of a 70% satisfaction rate of interfacing with the website will be achieved through a google form sent to at least 10 students and 5 teachers and 5 parents.

Example #2:  Educational Game

Example of success criteria for an educational game that teaches children about London

• Function: A 3-6 player board game  that teaches about London

• Aesthetics: Branding / Metal Characters/Key Iconic Landmarks Included

• Safety: Toxic free dye, no sharp edges, warning label (not for age 0-3)

• Size: 20 inches by 20 inches

• Resources: Adobe Illustrator, product to be printed professionally on recycled cardboard

• Cost: Between: $20-$35

• Environmental Location: Indoor board game

• Quality: Shop ready quality, professional appearance

• Durability: Splash proof/water resistant

• Time: Prototype: November 14th. Game: January: 5th

• Customers: ages 7-16, a minimum of a 70% satisfaction rate of playing the game achieved through a Google form

Step One: Determine Success Criteria and Justification for Criteria

Then, write a paragraph before your success criteria in your report. 

SUCCESS CRITERIA

• What are your success criteria for your product/outcome and how will this help you measure your success? What are the reasons for these criteria? Explain each criterion and why you chose it.

•  How are your success criteria appropriate and suitable for your product? What information helped you decide on the criteria? Be specific. 

• How will you use these criteria to self-assess your progress through the development of your product?