A new grading policy will be in place for parts 2-4. Points will be given for minimal conformance to the specification, meaning, at best, nominal or baseline performance has been achieved. Then, points will be awarded for how well you satisfy the letter of the specification. That is, do you meet the constraints given explicitly in the specification. Finally, at the discretion of the grader, points will be given for work that is outside of the specification. Note that it's not always good to exceed the specification; unless you know that the functionality is required for a later part of the project, it might be wasted effort. So, don't try to do overdesign here, especially if the bell or whistle you consider adding cannot be demonstrated to be useful in the context of the project. That is, a perfect grade for parts 2 and 3 can be had even if you receive zero OVER design points. In part 4, that will change. To wit, you will be required to include some feature of your own choosing that exceeds the letter of the specification. More details later on this.
To give you an idea of relative importance of each function in the project, we also include point values for each of the major facets: documentation and specification conformance (DOC points);data dictionary (DD points); map points (MAP points); and application points (AP points).