Source: Aggregated outcome assessment results from 2011 capstone courses.
0% Non-Performance: Does not examine potential alignment between architectures and business requirements or explain how architectures could support requirements.
0% Basic: Examines the potential alignment between architectures and business requirements to determine how well architectures could support requirements.
6% Proficient: Aligns architectures to support business requirements. Compares requirements with architectures. Shows how alignment and support are achieved.
94% Distinguished: Aligns architectures to support current and future business requirements. Compares requirements with architectures. Shows how alignment and support are achieved. Proposes strategies for the future.
0% Non-Performance: Does not analyze or design distributed architecture solutions.
0% Basic: Analyzes and designs aspects of distributed architecture solutions, but does not address business requirements.
5% Proficient: Analyzes and designs distributed architecture solutions, based on business requirements.
95% Distinguished: Analyzes, designs, and prepares for distributed architecture solutions, based on business requirements. Addresses implementation and integration, using supporting evidence.
0% Non-Performance: Does not explain emerging technologies, standards, or trends.
0% Basic: Explains emerging technologies, standards, and trends. Some information is based on biased resources.
6% Proficient: Analyzes emerging technologies, standards, and trends. Uses credible research to explore their purpose, potential impact, and integration issues.
94% Distinguished: Evaluates emerging technologies, standards, and trends. Uses credible research to explore their purpose, potential impact, integration issues, and benefits.
0% Non-Performance: Does not explain how to use quality, testing, and continuous improvement processes for distributed applications.
0% Basic: Explains how to use quality, testing, and continuous improvement processes for distributed applications. Uses some inaccurate or biased information as support.
10% Proficient: Analyzes quality, testing, and continuous improvement processes for distributed applications. Uses credible research to connect processes to successful applications.
90% Distinguished: Evaluates quality, testing, and continuous improvement processes for distributed applications, addressing process issues in multiple locations. Uses credible research, standards, and best practices to connect processes to successful applications.
0% Non-Performance: Does not construct scenarios, prototypes, or partial IT solutions. Does not address design or integration requirements.
0% Basic: Constructs scenarios, prototypes, or partial IT solutions, based on design requirements. Does not address testing or integration in existing applications.
11% Proficient: Constructs IT solutions based on design requirements. Addresses testing and integration in existing applications, providing documentation.
89% Distinguished: Constructs highly effective IT solutions, based on standards and best practices, that demonstrate alignment with design, testing, and integration. Provides thorough documentation.
0% Non-Performance: Explains how data is managed in enterprise architectures, but not the intended purpose or impact of data management practices.
0% Basic: Analyzes data management in enterprise architecture, including an explanation of data management practices, their intended purpose, and their impact.
7% Proficient: Evaluates data management in enterprise architecture and the intended purpose, value, and impact of data management practices. Examines strengths, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
93% Distinguished: Thoroughly evaluates data management throughout enterprise architecture. Evaluates strengths, risks, opportunities, and recommendations, based on business requirements and industry standards.