My prototype does not work. Is the project a failure?
Not usually. A well-documented design with a clear analysis of why it did not perform as predicted, and what you would change, often scores well. Presenting a non-working prototype as successful is the outcome that costs points.
This comes up on Engineering Design Projects, where it is answered in the context of the work itself.
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