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Re: Shooter or Dumper?

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Originally Posted by wilhitern1 View Post
And who gets to decide this. Do we arm wrestle for it? Do the mentors decide? No mater what method you choose your objections in voting also apply...
Not really. Ever hear of a weighted objective matrix? If you haven't, I'll explain below.

Voting should only be used if two designs come out the same or extremely close to the same on a weighted objective matrix.

The way this sort of matrix works is the you have a number of requirements or goals, each with a weighting of how important it is. For example, rules compliance would get a 5 on a scale of 1-5, while "cool" gets maybe a 1 (if it's even considered). Each design is evaluated against the same set of requirements and given a score (on a scale of 1-5 or 1-10) on how well it meets that requirement. High score wins. Very close high scores get sent to a more detailed matrix for further evaluation, and the process repeats.
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