4-2 Milestone One: Investment Project and Justification
-Nordstrom, Inc.(Company)
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Submit Milestone One of your final project.
For additional details, please refer to the Milestone One Guidelines and Rubric document and the Final Project Guidelines and Rubric document.
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Rubric Name: 640 Final Project Milestone One Rubric
This table lists criteria and criteria group names in the first column. The first row lists level names and includes scores if the rubric uses a numeric scoring method. You can give feedback on each criterion by tabbing to the add feedback buttons in the table.
Criteria
Proficient
Needs Improvement
Not Evident
Criterion Score
Investment Project: Describe
13 points
Describes investment project, providing sufficient detail to give a firm sense of the parameters of activity, market need, and relevant financial metrics for determining success
9.75 points
Describes investment project, but description lacks detail, contains inaccuracies, or omits key information on parameters, market need, and relevant financial metrics for determining success
0 points
Does not describe investment project
Score of Investment Project: Describe,/ 13
Investment Project: Resources
13 points
Specifies resources required, including amount of loan and other physical and financial resources, along with where resources will come from
9.75 points
Specifies resources required, including amount of loan requested, other physical and financial resources, and where resources will come from, but response contains inaccuracies or omits key details
0 points
Does not specify resources required
Score of Investment Project: Resources,/ 13
Investment Project: Time Frame
13 points
Determines when project will start, anticipated economic life, and exit process, justifying choices with appropriate financial metrics
9.75 points
Determines when project will start, anticipated economic life, and exit process, justifying choices with financial metrics, but response contains inaccuracies, omits key details, or financial metrics are not appropriate
0 points
Does not determine when project will start, anticipated economic life, and exit process
Score of Investment Project: Time Frame,/ 13
Justification: Why Now
13 points
Evaluates why now is a good time for this investment in the global context, citing specific external factors that might affect business financial decisions in justifying response
9.75 points
Evaluates why now is a good time for this investment in the global context, citing specific external factors, but response contains inaccuracies, omits key details, or links to business financial decisions are tenuous
0 points
Does not evaluate why now is a good time for this investment in the global context, citing specific external factors that might affect business financial decisions in justifying response
Score of Justification: Why Now,/ 13
Justification: Strategic Fit: Priorities
13 points
Persuasively argues how the investment aligns with the company’s organizational and financial priorities, supported by evidence from company reports and financial statement analysis
9.75 points
Argues how the investment aligns with the company’s organizational and financial priorities, supported by evidence, but argument is cursory, illogical, contains inaccuracies, or is poorly supported by evidence and sound financial analysis
0 points
Does not argue how the investment aligns with the company’s organizational and financial priorities
Score of Justification: Strategic Fit: Priorities,/ 13
Justification: Strategic Fit: Microeconomic
13 points
Assesses how the project fits within the global microeconomic environment, supported by evidence
9.75 points
Assesses how the project fits within the global microeconomic environment, supported by evidence, but response is cursory, poorly supported, contains inaccuracies, or links between microeconomic factors and project are tenuous
0 points
Does not assess how the project fits within the global microeconomic environment
Score of Justification: Strategic Fit: Microeconomic,/ 13
Justification: Strategic Fit: Comparative Advantage
13 points
Evaluates how project builds on organization’s core competencies and comparative advantage in explaining why the project makes sense strategically
9.75 points
Evaluates how project builds on organization’s core competencies and comparative advantage in explaining why the project makes sense, but response is cursory, contains inaccuracies, or is only tangentially related to strategic fit
0 points
Does not evaluate how project builds on organization’s core competencies and comparative advantage in explaining why the project makes sense strategically
Score of Justification: Strategic Fit: Comparative Advantage,/ 13
Articulation of Response
9 points
Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization
6.75 points
Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas
0 points
Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas
Score of Articulation of Response,/ 9
Rubric Total Score
Total
Score of – 640 Final Project Milestone One Rubric,/ 100
Overall Score
Overall Score
Points earned out of 100
76 points minimum
The overall submission earned 76 points or more. Final calculation of grades can be found in the gradebook.
Points earned out of 100
1 point minimum
The overall submission earned 1 points or more. Final calculation of grades can be found in the gradebook.
Points earned out of 100
0 points minimum
The overall submission earned 0 points or more. Final calculation of grades can be found in the gradebook.
