Minimal Working System

The expectation for the minimal working system is fairly simple:

Demonstrate something that will give us confidence that you have a good starting point for your system: something that you can build on to add features.

The Minimal Working System should at least partially implement one of your use cases. It should have either a (human-usable) UI, or expose functionality via a web service, or both.

Evaluation

We will evaluate your Minimal Working Systems as follows:

• Below expectations — We are not confident that you have a good starting point to build on. We are concerned that you will not have a working project by the end of the semester.
• Meets expectations — We are satisfied that you have a good start and are on track for a working system by the end of the semester.
• Exceeds expectations — Your system supports substantial functionality and we think you are ahead of the game in terms of having a working project by the end of the semester. (However, don't use this as an excuse to start slacking!)