GBP Rubric
(DRAFT being prepared for the 2008-2009 competition)
This scoring guide, the GBP Rubric, is your key to the preparation of your final document for outside judging. It describes all of the elements your team report should have to battle for the grand prize. Use the rubric to prepare and self-score your sections over the next several weeks and months in your personal work space.
NOTE: These points are for use by the outside judges and DO NOT count toward your own personal points and awards. They are used to judge your team's efforts in comparsion to other teams.
| Report Section | Section Details | Maximum Points |
| Title Page | Team Name | 2 |
| Product or Process Name | 2 | |
| Submission Date | 0.5 | |
| The words “Global Challenge Award Global Business Plan Competition [Year]." | 0.5 | |
| Names of Each Team Member with emails | 2 | |
| Name of Each Team Member’s School with mailing address | 2 | |
| Name of Mentors with emails | 2 | |
| Image of Team Members | 2 | |
| Image of Product | 2 | |
| Table of Contents | I. Executive Summary | 1 |
| II. Industry Analysis | 1 | |
| III. Product or Process Description & Technical Analysis | 1 | |
| IV. Market Analysis | 1 | |
| V. Manufacturing and Operations | 1 | |
| VI. Financial and Political Feasibility | 1 | |
| VII. Key Personnel | 1 | |
| VIII. Bibliography | 1 | |
| IX. Appendix | 1 | |
| List of Tables and Figures | 1 | |
| Executive Summary | Between 1 and 3 pages | 2 |
| An introduction to your product/process idea. | 3 | |
| What is the global opportunity of your product or process? | 3 | |
| What is the potential for your product or process to make a difference in the world? | 3 | |
| What are the math and science concepts are related to your product or process idea and that will be discussed later in your report? | 3 | |
| What is innovative about your team’s idea? (e.g. did the team create a completely new idea, or take several concepts from emerging technologies to synthesize a new configuration of ideas, or take an existing idea and concentrate on scalability and feasibility issues, etc.) | 3 | |
| Includes a brief summary of the relationship between the product or process to the 10 flatteners (Friedman, 2005) | 3 | |
| Industry Analysis | Identifies the industry that is most related to your product or process idea. | 5 |
| Gives a brief history of the industry. | 5 | |
| Describes past key turning points for this industry. | 5 | |
| Describes key scientific dimensions driving the industry in relation to Climate Change. | 5 | |
| Describes the product or process’s niche in this industry | 5 | |
| Describes major trends that could impact this industry in the near future. | 5 | |
| Describes how the Ten Flatteners of the world are impacting the industry. | 5 | |
| Clear and well- synthesized understanding of the STEM concepts | 10 | |
| All references in this section appear in the Bibliography. | 5 | |
| Penalty for copied materials without attribution | -10 | |
| Technical Description | Includes a general narrative explanation of how this product or process works. | 5 |
| Describes how the product or process relates to Global Climate Change. | 10 | |
| Explains what is innovative about the product or process including the proprietary features it has (e.g. did the team create a completely new idea, or take several concepts from emerging technologies to synthesize a new configuration of ideas, or take an existing idea and concentrate on scalability and feasibility issues, etc.). | 5 | |
| Describes the core science involved in your technical innovation. Identifies one scientific law, principle or theory that relates to your product/process idea. | 20 | |
| Uses mathematics in your description of the core science involved in your product idea. | 20 | |
| Quantifies how this process reduces the global warming impact (e.g. to what extent will greenhouse gas emissions be reduced? how much less fossil fuel will be used in transportation? how much will the efficiency of solar panels be improved?). | 20 | |
| Discusses whether the idea is or is not technically feasible at this time. | 5 | |
| Identifies two or more scientific laws, principles or theories that relate to your product/process idea. | 20 | |
| Includes product or process drawings. | 15 | |
| Clear and well- synthesized understanding of the STEM concepts | 10 | |
| All references in this section appear in the Bibliography. | 5 | |
| Penalty for copied materials without attribution | -10 | |
| Market Analysis | Who will be the customers of your product or process idea? Individuals? Businesses? Government Agencies? | 5 |
| Where are your customers located (country, climate, geography)? | 5 | |
| Describes why this product or process would be attractive to customers. Why is it better than what customers already have or are doing? | 5 | |
| Quantifies the demand for the product or process. May use existing market data or original data. Estimates the size of the market. | 5 | |
| Calculates how many people need to buy the product or process in order for it to have a significant global warming impact. | 15 | |
| Clear and well- synthesized understanding of the STEM concepts | 10 | |
| All references in this section appear in the Bibliography. | 5 | |
| Penalty for copied materials without attribution | -10 | |
| Manufacturing and Operations | Identifies the raw materials needed for your product or process idea. | 6 |
| Discusses your supply chain. Where are source components found, where will they be designed, assembled, distributed to a global market. Where would your headquarters be? Where would your engineers be? Where would your manufacturing plant be? | 6 | |
| At least three countries must be used in the supply chain and a rationale provided for selecting those countries. | 6 | |
| Identifies which parts of the manufacturing and operations are “cradle-to-grave design vs. cradle-to-cradle design.” What happens to the product or process at the end of its useful life? What about your manufacturing by-products? | 6 | |
| What are the environmental impacts of creating the product or process? | 6 | |
| Clear and well- synthesized understanding of the STEM concepts | 10 | |
| All references in this section appear in the Bibliography. | 5 | |
| Penalty for copied materials without attribution | -10 | |
| Feasibility | What will the product or process cost customers? | 6 |
| What will the product or process cost to produce? Are the customers willing to pay this price? | 6 | |
| Will the product or process be profitable and financially sustainable? | 6 | |
| What are the political and societal barriers that exist in various countries that would make marketing the product or process difficult? | 6 | |
| How do regulations in your selected countries help or hinder the product or process? Is the product or process regulated? Are your selected countries offering “green” subsidies for customers to purchase such product or process? | 6 | |
| Clear and well- synthesized understanding of the STEM concepts | 10 | |
| All references in this section appear in the Bibliography. | 5 | |
| Penalty for copied materials without attribution | -10 | |
| Key Personnel | Introduces each team member. Tell the reader about yourselves. | 5 |
| Discusses the team structure for this project. If you had designated team roles, describe them. | 5 | |
| Explains how the team made decisions. | 5 | |
| Includes an individual statement from each team member in their own words that describes his or her experience with the GCA program. What did you learn about your individual strengths through the year? | 5 | |
| Discusses what you learned about being a part of an international team. | 5 | |
| Introduce your mentors. What are their areas of expertise? Why was it valuable to the team? Remember to THANK YOUR MENTORS!!! | 5 | |
| Recognizes anyone else who may have been a resource for the team, or makes note that no individuals outside of your adult team members were used as a resource. | 5 | |
| Bibliography | Cites all referenced work using the APA format | 5 |
| All references in the Bibliography appear in the narrative. | 5 | |
| Appendix | Explains how team members communicated. What internet telecommunications did you use? What problems did you have and how did you solve them? | 5 |
| Discusses the process the team went through in choosing the product or process. Includes other product or processes that were considered. | 5 | |
| Includes a statement from each individual concerning his or her change in understanding of science (GCA’s focus areas: physics, chemistry, engineering, life sciences, mathematics) during this project. | 5 | |
| Bonus Points (Reviewer's Discretion) | Originality/creativity of idea or analysis. | 20 |