Weird Grading System?

[Gurunath Dharmar]

Hi All,

I have uploaded my assignment (factory homes) on 15th july and still waiting for my result.
But i can see in this forum that many had got the result even within 2 weeks and submitted after july 15th.
Anyone please explain what sort of grading system is this.

[Jiafan Zhou]

The grading system obviously does not obey the FIFO queue rule.

[Will Myers]

Have you emailed Oracle? When I was waiting for my result they answered within a couple days giving me an estimated time to expect it...

[Gurunath Dharmar]

I have even emailed them 2 times, everytime i got a standard reply asking me to wait for 3-4 weeks further.....

[Krzysztof Grajek]

I guess we all will get our results faster if we stop emailing them

[Krzysztof Koziol]

Gurunath Dharmar wrote:Hi All,

I have uploaded my assignment (factory homes) on 15th july and still waiting for my result.
But i can see in this forum that many had got the result even within 2 weeks and submitted after july 15th.
Anyone please explain what sort of grading system is this.

I sent mine on July the 10th and haven't received any result so far.

[Gurunath Dharmar]

I may sound negative by saying this, but its NOT to discourage anyone waiting like me......

Is oracle blocking results for those who failed so as to avoid people resubmitting and again waiting for long time to get the result? as they are already received so much of first time submission and they need to assess all those???

am i having a point?

[Sharma Ashutosh]

Jiafan Zhou wrote:The grading system obviously does not obey the FIFO queue rule.

They should follow FIFO queue rule. I know it's really frustrating to wake up every morning for an email which is not coming for weeks-i feel sorry for you folks but during Feb/Mar -it was bit quicker...within 3-4 weeks i got the results.
Somebody from Oracle should visit the forum and provide some clarification. I am seeing a lot of chaos in the last 4-6 months.

[Andrew Monkhouse]

Personally I suspect that there are humans involved. And some humans work faster than others in grading submissions.

I think it is reasonable to assume that the system is overloaded with SCEA and SCJD assignments being submitted right now. Even if these submissions are being evenly distributed to all assessment centers on a FIFO basis, it is quite possible that any given assignment might get queued up for a while if someone is sick or on vacation.

So two plausible explanations for why some people may get faster results than others. I am sure we could find more potential explanations if we tried.

Gurunath Dharmar wrote:Is oracle blocking results for those who failed so as to avoid people resubmitting and again waiting for long time to get the result? as they are already received so much of first time submission and they need to assess all those???

That doesn't make sense to me. In fact the opposite would make more sense - if you have not looked at a submission within the SLA, just fail them, and restart the clock. The fact that this is not happening is a good indication that they are behaving honorably.

[ntumba lobo]

Jiafan Zhou wrote: The grading system obviously does not obey the FIFO queue rule.

It now behaves more like a stack LIFO to me

[Gurunath Dharmar]

Andrew Monkhouse wrote: Even if these submissions are being evenly distributed to all assessment centers on a FIFO basis, it is quite possible that any given assignment might get queued up for a while if someone is sick or on vacation.

If thats the case, its oracle's responsibility to manage these and transfer assignments to somebody else (who can assess assignment submitted just 12 days back and come up with a result) and produce result (whatever it is) for people who are waiting for long time.

Andrew Monkhouse wrote:
That doesn't make sense to me. In fact the opposite would make more sense - if you have not looked at a submission within the SLA, just fail them, and restart the clock. The fact that this is not happening is a good indication that they are behaving honorably.

If something like SLA is maintained, (i think it should be 6-8 weeks as they mentioned), then when it exceeds, if they would have checked with people/center involved, there wont be anybody now who is waiting for more than 12 weeks (twice the SLA).... but thats not the case here......

[Pramod Sangur]

Another reason could be(guessing...) due to transition from Promteric to Pearson. Those who have used Transition voucher to upload the assignment may have been delayed.
I had used a special transition voucher that allowed me to upload the assignment jar and then schedule essay in pearson. Hmm..I had done my assignment on June 18th..lets see...

[Eduardo Mineo]

Tip: Oracle could make an assignment about a software company that has a certification program and contract with you as an architect to deal with an increasing number of anxious aspirants pressing despairingly F5 key on company's website. SLA of e-mail server is on top risk and you must provide a very strong mitigation to deal with thousands of angry e-mails per day.

Good ideas would come.

[Gurunath Dharmar]

Eduardo Mineo wrote:Tip: Oracle could make an assignment about a software company that has a certification program and contract with you as an architect to deal with an increasing number of anxious aspirants pressing despairingly F5 key on company's website. SLA of e-mail server is on top risk and you must provide a very strong mitigation to deal with thousands of angry e-mails per day.

Good ideas would come.

Well said.

[Krzysztof Koziol]

Finally I've received the final result. It took Oracle almost three months to grade my work. More details here https://coderanch.com/t/554257/java-Architect-SCEA/certification/Passed-SCEA-OCMJEA

[Gurunath Dharmar]

Good to hear that people submitted before a week and after a week of july 15th(my submission date ) are getting results this week.....

[Jari Timonen]

Gurunath Dharmar wrote:Good to hear that people submitted before a week and after a week of july 15th(my submission date ) are getting results this week.....

Re-submitted my FH submission June 29th. Still waiting.

[Gurunath Dharmar]

When i see in this forum that many had got the result even within 2 weeks after their submission and people submitted after july 15th (the day i submitted ) also got the result, my guess about "oracle blocking/delaying in announcing FAILURE results" getting stronger.....

It may sound negative... but its just a guess....

[Jari Timonen]

Gurunath Dharmar wrote:When i see in this forum that many had got the result even within 2 weeks after their submission and people submitted after july 15th (the day i submitted ) also got the result, my guess about "oracle blocking/delaying in announcing FAILURE results" getting stronger.....

It may sound negative... but its just a guess....

https://coderanch.com/t/553142/java-Architect-SCEA/certification/SUN-Score-Report-Available
https://coderanch.com/t/546686/java-Architect-SCEA/certification/Current-timelines-part-grading

[Jari Timonen]

Got email back from OCP Team. 2-3 weeks of more delay for me.

btw. I will not answer any private messages concerning my assignment.

[Gurunath Dharmar]

Cool......

Now we hear that results are coming out in 5 days after submission.....
Yes, Just 5 days......

Expecting more to happen on this weird grading system......