Decision Quality Rubric (OU ME Senior Design, 2006)
Unacceptable / Unsupported Decision
No justification, or justified based primarily on opinion.  No documentation of the decision process.
Acceptable / Supported decisions include most of the following considerations
Considerations	In-Process (Design Refinement) Level	Completed Decision Level
Impacts / Effects (First, do no harm.  Immediate and long term, intended and unintended, local and global impacts of products and production on the environment and society)	Considered for the overall project, and is impacting production and part-level decisions.	All aspects considered and hard choices and tradeoffs are made as required to limit impacts.
Professional and ethical standards (Decision and Justification show good judgement and integrity)	Demonstrates a commitment to professional standards.	Demonstrates a commitment to professional standards.
Function (Research, precedent and vendor info show it should meet the design specifications)	Complete and up-to-date	Complete and up-to-date
FMEA (A failure modes and effects analysis or similar technique is properly used to evaluate the overall system failure modes and hazards and to prioritize risks and focus the design effort.	All Hazards identified and most significant items evaluated.	All significant hazards evaluated and RPNs decreased to acceptable values.
Design Analysis (Sufficient and Correct Analysis for part sizing and material selection to avoid failure; Simulations demonstrate performance of major subsystems in critical operating modes.)	All critical load cases and failure locations identified and nalysis completed and validated for most critical locations.  Simulations begun with estimated parameters.	Analysis completed and validated for all critical locations. Simulation completed with experimentally validated parameters.
Safety (All aspects of project and product safety considered continuously throughout the design process.  Design for Safety terminolgy and approach is evident.)	Design for safety on a system level is complete.  Examples of avoidance and protection are presented.	A comprehensive approach is documented that shows reduction of all hazards (product and production) to low risk.
Economics / Value (Cost/benefit analysis is used to evaluate value, not just immediate cost.  A vendor selection process is followed and documented.)	Most significant items have been analyzed for value and a process is used for vendor selection.	All significant items have been analyzed for value. Good vendor selection process.
Customer (360 degree Customer Input solicited, evaluated and appropriately used.)	Significant input has been incorporated from various external and internal customers	Usability, marketability and other customer input incorporated from all significant external and internal customers
DFMA (All aspects of Manufacturing and Assembly Considered, including manufacturability of design features, use of manufacturing features, machinability of materials,…)	Manufacturability and assembly of most significant items has been analyzed and improved to appropriate levels.	Manufacturability and assembly of all significant items has been analyzed and improved to appropriate levels.
Testing (Mock-ups and experiments used for information and validation)	Most mock-ups complete and used appropriately for product development.  Other tests are planned.	Mock-ups and tests were used appropriately for numerous aspects of product development.
Other (Creativity and initiative are evident in the decision process; Good planning and organizing are demonstrated, including use of decision making tools [Pareto analysis, decision matrices and other prioritizing and organizing tools]; Impacts on design criteria are considered)	Some other considerations are evident.	Most other considerations are evident.