Software Engineering
Critiques of group members

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At the end of the semester everyone in the class will be required to submit a critique of the performance of each member of his or her group.

I use these critiques to help determine a students project participation grade.  Thus they are very important.

I want to know what your groupmates have contributed to the group project.  Focus on accomplishments (including learning, teaching, leading, helping) and not on personality.  If the only thing you have to say about a group member is that he or she is nice and liked to help then I will assume that he or she did not contribute much to the project.

It is very helpful to compare accomplishments/efforts of your group members:

Sam 30% 
Joe  20% 
Sally 20%
Alfred 15%
Myself 14%
Max 1%

Here is an example of a critique that leads me to believe that Joe had exceptional contributions to the project:
Joe was the most crucial member of our team.  Without him we would not have had a project to demonstrate.  He lead our implementation effort and implemented the majority of our networking layer -- the hardest part of our project.  He was also always there to help when one of us got stuck.  Joe got along well with all the group members.

Here is an example of a critique that leads me to believe that Sam did not contribute much to the project:
Sam was always in a good mood.  He always made everyone feel good at the meetings.  He was willing to talk to anyone about the problems they were having and often would sit next to group members while they worked on the implementation.  Sam has a good artistic sense and had some good ideas about what colors we should use.  Sam is a really great guy, is really funny, and is a good cook.  I would certainly want to work with Sam in the future.