| Specifications | The program works and meets all of the specifications. | The program works and produces the correct results and displays them correctly. It also meets most of the other specifications. | The program produces correct results but does not display them correctly. | The program is producing incorrect results. |
| Readability | The code is exceptionally well organized and very easy to follow. | The code is fairly easy to read. | The code is readable only by someone who knows what it is supposed to be doing | The code is poorly organized and very difficult to read. |
| Reusability | The code could be reused as a whole or each routine could be reused. | Most of the code could be reused in other programs. | Some parts of the code could be reused in other programs. | The code is not organized for reusability. |
| Documentation | The documentation is well written and clearly explains what the code is accomplishing and how. | The documentation consists of embedded comment and some simple header documentation that is somewhat useful in understanding the code. | The documentation is simply comments embedded in the code with some simple header comments separating routines. | The documentation is simply comments embedded in the code and does not help the reader understand the code. |
| Delivery | The program was delivered on time. | The program was delivered within a week of the due date. | The code was within 2 weeks of the due date. | The code was more than 2 weeks overdue. |
| Efficiency | The code is extremely efficient without sacrificing readability and understanding. | The code is fairly efficient without sacrificing readability and understanding. | The code is brute force and unnecessarily long | The code is huge and appears to be patched together |