4 3 2 1 or 0 A-level qualities B-level qualities C-level qualities D- or F-level qualities Criterion (90100) (8089) (7079) (6069 or below 60) Score Overview / Describes and analyzes market very Describes and analyzes market well; Describes and analyzes market and states Does not describe and analyze market Summary clearly and thoroughly; chooses objectives and mission statement are objectives and mission statement in an or does so poorly; fails to state Description objectives that are most relevant and well stated adequate manner objectives and mission statement or states them clearly; mission statement is states them poorly very well stated and complete Strategic Plan Strategic plan is complete and clearly Strategic plan is almost complete, Strategic plan is somewhat complete, Strategic plan is not complete, including stated, including all of the following: including most of the following: value including some or many of the following: few or none of the following: value value chain, targeted segment(s), target chain, targeted segment(s), target value chain, targeted segment(s), target chain, targeted segment(s), target market, design offer, distribution plan, market, design offer, distribution market, design offer, distribution plan, and market, design offer, distribution plan, and communication plan plan, and communication plan communication plan and communication plan Implementation: Describes marketing mix fully and well, Describes marketing mix, including Describes marketing mix with some Does not describe marketing mix or Description of including specifics of product/service, most of the specifics of omissions of specifics of product/service, does so poorly, omitting many or all of Marketing Mix pricing, distribution tiers, media, product/service, pricing, distribution pricing, distribution tiers, media, Customer specifics of product/service, pricing, Customer Relationship Management tiers, media, Customer Relationship Relationship Management plan, and distribution tiers, media, Customer plan, and Management Information Management plan, and Management Management Information System plan Relationship Management plan, and System plan Information System plan Management Information System plan Financial Presents detailed, realistic, and Presents specific, realistic, and Presents financial information that in some Does not present a budget and/or five- Information appropriate financial information appropriate financial information ways is not specific, realistic, and/or year forecasts of costs and revenues or including a budget and five-year including a budget and five-year appropriate; the budget and/or five-year does so with many gaps forecasts of costs and revenues forecasts of costs and revenues forecasts of costs and revenues are not complete Plan Evaluation Identifies key performance metrics of Identifies key performance metrics of Identifies key performance metrics of the Does not present an evaluation of the the business plan in a complete and the business plan in an above- business plan in an adequate manner business plan or does so in an clear manner average manner incomplete or incorrect way Resources used to prepare plan are Plan is generally supported; Although attribution is present, some Attribution is missing, or sources given Documentation effectively used and are clearly attribution is mainly clear statements are unsubstantiated and the are poorly chosen and support attributed source of some ideas is unclear Writing demonstrates a sophisticated Writing is accomplished in terms of Writing lacks some clarity or conciseness Writing is unfocused, rambling, or Writing clarity, conciseness, and correctness clarity and conciseness and contains and contains some errors contains serious errors mechanics only a few errors Total: