OL 324: Milestone One Guidelines and Rubric Prompt: Your Milestone One submission will identify the company you have chosen for your final project. You must select a company that has current quality issues or has endured quality issues in the past. Ideally, you should select a company that has an ample amount of information available, whether through firsthand knowledge (an employer) or through research (a well-known company). Milestone One must include a brief history of the company, a description of the quality issue, and your rationale for choosing this company. Requirements of Submission: This submission must be two to three pages in length and must use double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. Research is not required for this submission but may be incorporated. Instructor Feedback: This activity uses an integrated rubric in Blackboard. Students can find their feedback in the Grade Center, where the instructor will approve or disapprove your selection. For more information, review these instructions. Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (85%) Needs Improvement (55%) Not Evident (0%) Value Company Selection and History Meets “Proficient” criteria and incorporates significant history, offering insight into development of the company Identifies company and provides brief history Identifies company, with minimal information related to history of company Does not identify company and does not include information about history 30 Rationale Meets “Proficient” criteria and incorporates a wellreasoned rationale for company selection Rationale for company selection is clearly stated Rationale for company selection is not clearly stated Rationale for company selection is not stated 30 Description of Quality Issue Meets “Proficient” criteria and incorporates a significant summary, offering insight into the quality issue of the company Summary describes quality issue of the company with insight Summary describing quality issue of the company provides minimal information and is not clearly stated Summary describing quality issue of the company is missing 30 Articulation of Response Submission is free of errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, and organization and is presented in a professional and easy-toread format Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas 10 Earned Total 100%

OL 324: Milestone One Guidelines and Rubric Prompt: Your Milestone One submission will identify the company you have chosen for your final project. You must select a company that has current quality issues or has endured quality issues in the past. Ideally, you should select a company that has an ample amount of information available, whether through firsthand knowledge (an employer) or through research (a well-known company). Milestone One must include a brief history of the company, a description of the quality issue, and your rationale for choosing this company. Requirements of Submission: This submission must be two to three pages in length and must use double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. Research is not required for this submission but may be incorporated. Instructor Feedback: This activity uses an integrated rubric in Blackboard. Students can find their feedback in the Grade Center, where the instructor will approve or disapprove your selection. For more information, review these instructions. Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (85%) Needs Improvement (55%) Not Evident (0%) Value Company Selection and History Meets “Proficient” criteria and incorporates significant history, offering insight into development of the company Identifies company and provides brief history Identifies company, with minimal information related to history of company Does not identify company and does not include information about history 30 Rationale Meets “Proficient” criteria and incorporates a wellreasoned rationale for company selection Rationale for company selection is clearly stated Rationale for company selection is not clearly stated Rationale for company selection is not stated 30 Description of Quality Issue Meets “Proficient” criteria and incorporates a significant summary, offering insight into the quality issue of the company Summary describes quality issue of the company with insight Summary describing quality issue of the company provides minimal information and is not clearly stated Summary describing quality issue of the company is missing 30 Articulation of Response Submission is free of errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, and organization and is presented in a professional and easy-toread format Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas 10 Earned Total 100%