Product and Creating Success Criteria

State an intended product and develop appropriate success criteria for the product.

  • States their intended product
  • Presents multiple appropriate, detailed success criteria for the project that:
    • clearly define the specific characteristics of a high-quality product/outcome
    • are explicitly informed by highly relevant research
    • are justified, specific and multidimensional.

Questions to Consider/ Ideas:

  • Specifically state exactly what you are going to do or create.
  • Criteria must be specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, testable and directly connected to the goal
  • Put them into a table like a rubric
  • Use the IB terminology to help you create it
  • Reflect on how you created your criteria/ what was your thought process

Suggested Report Section Titles

  • Product/ Outcome
  • Specifications
  • Developing Criteria

Evidence Suggestions:

  • Product Smart Goal
  • Personal Success Criteria

Common Missing Pieces in the Report

  • Have a smart goal/ statement about your product and what you will achieve
  • Clearly define the SPECIFIC characteristics of a high-quality product/outcome
  • Explain any changes made to the criteria.
  • Explain WHY you made the changes to the criteria.
  • Discuss WHY you picked the criteria you did
  • Did you use any research to create your criteria? Explain it here.

Criteria Tips and Tricks

  • Put more detail into your criteria
  • Make sure your criteria are personally challenging, specific, relevant, clearly explained or exemplified, and observable or measurable
  • Bold your success criteria to show what levels you think you achieved.
  • You could add another column to your success criteria to show HOW and give DETAILS about your achievement in each strand.
  • Add a section/ chart to appendix detailing how you met your criteria.
  • You need to create criteria for your project that you can reflect on your progress with. There are examples in the samples.
  • Try to come up with some categories and create the criteria like an MYP rubric 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8

Task Specific Clarification:

  • Develop limited criteria for the product/outcome
    • Criteria that are basic and/or have some connection to the product/outcome.
  • Develop adequate criteria for the product/outcome
    • Criteria that:
      • start to consider the qualitative elements of the product/outcome
      • outline how their success might be observed.
  • Develop substantial and appropriate criteria for the product/outcome
    • Criteria that are:
      • realistic and relevant to the product/outcome
      • informed by research
      • qualitative and/or quantitative, as appropriate.
  • Develop rigorous criteria for the product/outcome
    • Criteria that:
      • clearly define the specific characteristics of a high-quality product/outcome
      • are explicitly informed by highly relevant research
      • are justified, specific and multidimensional.

Personal Success Criteria Examples