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1. OVERVIEW OF
DESCRIPTION OF RESEARCH &
DISCUSSION OF OUTCOMES
F O R D EVEL O PM EN T O F
RESTAURANT E - MENU PROTOTYPE
Created by Traitet Th.
Project: E-menu on iPad for Thai restaurant
Created Date 16 Aug 2012
Artifact Group: Description of research & discussion of outcomes Revised Date 6 Sep 2012
Revision No. 1.0
Content: Artifact of description of research & discussion of
Document Name D01-001
outcomes

2. 1) REVIEWS OF RESEARCH
QUESTION, OBJECTIVES AND
FRAMEWORK
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3. 3 1 .1 ) R EVIEW OF R ESEA R C H QU ESTION
Research Question
How can a prototype of an electronic menu
(e-menu) application be developed
for the casual dining restaurant industry
to meet business requirements?
Research Objectives
Key Issues to System Analysis & Recommendations
User’s perceptions of
develop e-menu Design Documents regarding to
e-menu prototype
prototype and e-menu prototype e-menu development

4. 1.2) Review of the Research Framework
REVIEW RESEARCHstudy FRAMEWORK
PROCESS Research Framework of the case
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How can a prototype of an electronic menu (e-
menu) application be developed for the casual Research question
dining restaurant industry to meet business E-menu system, software usability & HCI
requirements? (Human-computer interaction), Software
development methodologies, and e-menu on
DESIGN Literature review iOS or Android devices.
Initial Objective Initial Objective
Identify key issues relating Identify key issues Identify key issues relating
the e-menu system software development
Software development methodology is Analysis and design
rapid application development (RAD) Quick design 1
documents
System (data)
analysis and design Capture and analyze Iterative process Potential outcomes
CONDUCT Develop prototype
mainly based on requirements
UML Techniques Analysis & design
1
Direct observation Documents
Data collection by Evaluate system
direct observation and 2 Final prototype
group interviews Users’ perception on
Users are satisfied the prototype 3 the menu prototype
Collection data
2 Final prototype Recommendation of
by group Interviews 4 software development
Analysis
ANALYSIS Analysis the case study Analysis
users’ perceptions from
evidence software development
group Interviews data
Recommendations of
CONCLUSION 3 Developing the 4 Recommendations of
the users’ perceptions
conclusions software development
on the e-menu prototype
Adopted from Yin (2010) and Khan et al. (2011)

5. 1.3) MAPPING OF RESEARCH OBJECTIVES,
5 APPROACHES, OUTCOMES
AND RESEARCH FRAMEWORK
Mapping with the
No Objectives Approaches Outcomes
Research Framework
To identify key issues relating Key issues relating to
Critical evaluation of the range
1 to development of development of e-menu Initial Objective
of literature
e-menu application application
To investigate the system List of requirements,
Direct observation and Rapid Potential
2 requirements and develop the e-menu prototype and system
Application Development Outcomes 1 & 2
e-menu prototype analysis and design documents
To evaluate
Group interviews and content Potential
3 users' perceptions of Users' perceptions
analysis Outcome 3
the e-menu prototype
Recommendations regarding
To make recommendations Reflection of software Potential
4 development of e-menu
regarding e-menu development development processes Outcome 4
prototype

6. 2) STRUCTURE OF PORTFOLIO FOR
THE ARTEFACT OUTCOMES
Purpose of this section: To navigate the artifact outcomes
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7. 2 ) ST R UC T UR E OF P ORT FOLIO FOR
7
T HE A RT E FA C T OUT C OME S
Artifact Format Initial Objectives
Key knowledge (E-menu prototype) Key knowledge (Software Development)
MS Word & PowerPoint
E-menu for Restaurant SW Usability & Software Dev.
Files (Literature iOS & Andriod
restaurant Service Process HCI Methodology
Review)
Potential Outcome 1
System analysis & design documents
PowerPoint List of UML Use Case UML Class Entity–Relationship Workflow
and Visio Files Requirements Diagram Diagram (ER) Diagram Diagrams
Potential Outcome 2
Prototype of e-menu application
E-menu
E-menu app on iPad E-menu Application E-menu website
Database web services
& e-menu web on iPad (Xcode) for staff (ASP.Net)
(ASP.Net)
Additional artifacts to demonstrate the prototype before interviews Additional Outcomes
Presentation of e- Document for testing
Video files & Presentation e-menu Presentation of e-menu
menu features on business requirements
MS PowerPoint by Videos features on iPad
Web
Users’ perceptions Recommendation
on the e-menu prototype Potential Outcome 3 on e-menu development Potential Outcome 4
MS PowerPoint Software Dev.
E-menu features based on business requirements SW Usability & HCI
& Word Files Methodology

8. 8 REFERENCES
YIN, Robert K. (2012). Application of case study research. 3rd ed., London,
SAGE Publications.
KHAN, Asif Irshad, et al. (2011). Comprehensive study of commonly practiced
heavy and light weight software methodologies. [online]. International Journal
of Computer Science, 8(4), 441-450. Article from TechRepublic last accessed
3 September 2012 at: http://www.techrepublic.com/whitepapers/a-
comprehensive-study-of-commonly-practiced-heavy-and-light-weight-software-
methodologies/3809811/post.