The projects will be judged on five criteria including functionality and design, quality, innovation, prospects for future commercialization and presentations, as follows:
 
Functionality and Design
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Easy to learn and use
- Meet and exceed the initially defined user requirement
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Good quality of work, reliable, efficient and adequate user support
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Good deployment of current technologies to enhance the maintainability of the system
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Scalable enough to suit user organizations of various sizes
Quality
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Fitness of purpose and success of implementation and user training
- Practicality of application
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Overall appearance
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Level of user friendliness design features
- Free of defects
Innovation
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Originality or enhancement
- First of its kind in Hong Kong, the region, or the world
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Effective deployment and integration of available resources or technologies
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The possibility of a breakthrough in an upgraded version or any plans to develop an upgrade
- Clear differentiation vs. competitive products if any
Prospect for future commercialization
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Potential to improve cost effectiveness of business processes
- Generation of higher added-value to business users
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Prospects for future development
- Prospects for wider applications
- Future benefits to other industries
- Strategies in place to further develop the project
- Any others
Presentation
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Materials presented in clear and logical form
- Clarity, structured and natural flow from one point to the next
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Duration, a balance between duration and content
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Questions and answers (appropriate respond to judges' inquiries with substantive answers)
- Quality of visual aids (hardware, signs, computer demonstrations, etc.)