This document presents the final prototype of an e-menu website for restaurant staff. It includes 3 main sections: 1) an overview process diagram of how orders move through the restaurant, 2) screenshots and explanations of the main features for managing tables and orders, and 3) descriptions of how staff can operate and update order statuses for starters and main courses as they are prepared and served. The purpose is to demonstrate the key features before getting feedback from interviews.
The document discusses various types of research including applied research, basic research, correlational research, descriptive research, ethnographic research, experimental research, and exploratory research. Applied research seeks practical solutions to problems, while basic research expands knowledge without a direct application. Correlational research examines relationships between variables without determining cause and effect. Descriptive research provides accurate portrayals of characteristics, and ethnographic research involves in-depth study of cultures. Experimental research establishes cause-and-effect through controlled manipulation of variables.
This document presents the final prototype of an e-menu website for restaurant staff. It includes 3 main sections: 1) an overview process diagram of how orders move through the restaurant, 2) screenshots and explanations of the main features for managing tables and orders, and 3) descriptions of how staff can operate and update order statuses for starters and main courses as they are prepared and served. The purpose is to demonstrate the key features before getting feedback from interviews.
The document discusses various types of research including applied research, basic research, correlational research, descriptive research, ethnographic research, experimental research, and exploratory research. Applied research seeks practical solutions to problems, while basic research expands knowledge without a direct application. Correlational research examines relationships between variables without determining cause and effect. Descriptive research provides accurate portrayals of characteristics, and ethnographic research involves in-depth study of cultures. Experimental research establishes cause-and-effect through controlled manipulation of variables.
Restaurant e-menu on iPad, Rapid Application Development (RAD), Model-View-Controller (MVC), ASP.Net, Xcode, Web services, iPad application and mobile application development.
This dissertation develops a prototype electronic menu (e-menu) application for use on iPads in restaurants. The research employed a case study of a Thai restaurant to gather requirements and test the prototype. Users found the e-menu convenient and able to improve customer service by preventing human errors. Recommendations included following software development processes and a Model-View-Controller design for the e-menu system. The dissertation documents the research process and presents system analysis documents, the prototype, and users' positive perceptions of the e-menu application.
This document contains a list of potential artefacts and outcomes from a project to develop an electronic menu (e-menu) application for restaurants. It includes system analysis and design documents, a prototype e-menu application for iPad and website, videos demonstrating the e-menu features, and documents collecting user feedback on the prototype. The format of the artefacts includes documents, diagrams, applications, videos and user research findings.
This document outlines a research project to develop a prototype electronic menu (e-menu) application for casual dining restaurants. The objectives are to analyze business requirements, design system documents and an e-menu prototype, and gather user perceptions of the prototype. The research framework involves key issues analysis, design documents, a software development process using RAD and prototyping, and direct observation. The outcomes will include recommendations for e-menu application development.
The document provides recommendations for developing an e-menu prototype for a Thai restaurant. It discusses software development processes based on RAD, prototyping, and direct observation. System analysis and design documents are created, including use case diagrams, class diagrams, ER diagrams, and workflow diagrams. Technical designs include an initial e-menu design using MVC, communication between .NET and iOS platforms using web services, and Xcode development with classes, view controllers, storyboards, and application settings.
The document describes research into users' perceptions of an e-menu application for a Thai restaurant in the UK. 10 staff members comprising managers, wait staff, and chefs were interviewed after demonstrating an e-menu prototype on an iPad. The primary findings were that users saw benefits in convenience but also issues in cost. Specifically, users felt an e-menu would conveniently allow customers to view detailed food information and order extra items, while staff could easily update the menu. However, some felt the technology may be too expensive. Overall, the research concluded the e-menu's convenient features should be considered in developing a real application.
The document discusses research into a prototype e-menu system for Thai restaurants, summarizing suggestions from interviews to improve the system's features, such as allowing ordering by quantity, adding customer comments, separating set menus, and making it easier to request the main course. The suggestions aim to address issues like usability, language support, and kitchen communication in order to better meet business needs and customer satisfaction. Overall, the research seeks to identify additional requirements and solutions to further develop the e-menu software.
The document presents the final prototype of an e-menu application for restaurants. It lists 15 functional requirements of the e-menu including allowing customers to order food, search menus, check orders, request services from staff, and view order statuses. It also provides screenshots and descriptions to illustrate how the e-menu would function on an iPad for customers and staff.
The document provides an overview of the functionalities of an e-menu website for restaurant staff. It includes:
1) A process diagram showing the workflow from a customer's entrance to payment.
2) Details on managing tables, including opening and closing orders, checking order details, and manual ordering.
3) Explanations of operating orders, including changing order statuses to cooking, serving, and served for starters and main courses.
This document presents the final prototype of an e-menu application for iPad and summarizes its main features. The e-menu allows customers to easily browse menu categories to find food and drink choices. It displays appetizing images and descriptions of dishes. Customers can view the order status, add more items to their order, check the total price, and amend the order before confirming. The e-menu is intended to enhance the dining experience and increase restaurant revenue by reducing wait times and encouraging additional orders.
This document provides justifications for the approaches used in a research project to develop an e-menu prototype for a Thai restaurant. It discusses:
1) The relationship between research objectives, approaches, and outcomes using a case study methodology.
2) The justification of using a case study methodology, RAD software development, direct observation for requirements gathering, and group interviews for data collection. Reasons for each approach are provided.
3) An action plan was needed to manage the time-consuming nature of some approaches like case study and direct observation. RAD and prototyping helped reduce time for implementation.
The document provides an annotation of knowledge related to developing an e-menu system for a Thai restaurant. It discusses key aspects of the domain including e-menus for restaurants, restaurant service processes, software usability, development methodologies, and mobile app development. It analyzes different types of e-menu systems and identifies tablet e-menus as the most suitable option for the restaurant. It also diagrams the existing restaurant service process and how an e-menu could improve it by allowing direct ordering from tables.
This document provides analysis and design documents for developing an e-menu prototype for a Thai restaurant, including:
1. Functional requirements for an e-menu iPad application and web application for restaurant staff and customers.
2. Non-functional requirements regarding system performance, security, and data integration.
3. UML diagrams including a use case diagram and class diagram to model the system.
4. Entity-relationship and revised entity-relationship diagrams to design the database.
5. Process diagrams depicting the current and proposed e-menu-based food ordering workflows in the restaurant.
This document provides a wrap around conclusion for a project developing an e-menu application for a Thai restaurant. It summarizes the key stages of research including reviewing relevant knowledge areas, designing a research framework and action plan, developing prototypes of the e-menu app, gathering user feedback, and identifying limitations and recommendations. The research contributed system design documents, e-menu prototypes, analysis of user perceptions, and recommendations to help produce a functional e-menu system meeting business needs.
This document outlines the objectives and plans for a dissertation project on developing an e-menu system. The objectives are to complete the dissertation on time, manage the software development project and portfolio, identify implementation issues, and use the document for communication. The initial plan involved meetings, requirements gathering, analysis, design, prototypes, and finishing by September 10th. The updated plan shows delays but an almost finished final prototype. Key actions in June included drafting a literature review and contacting stakeholders.
The document provides instructions for installing and testing e-menu software and a related website. It explains how to:
1) Install the e-menu iPad application using Xcode and test it on the iPad simulator.
2) Install the e-menu website using Visual Studio .NET, IIS, and SQL Server and configure the connection strings.
3) Test the installed e-menu website by accessing it through a web browser.
This document provides a list of 62 references from various sources such as journal articles, books, and websites. The references cover topics related to software engineering, user interface design, requirements gathering, agile methodologies, and mobile application development. The references include publication dates ranging from 2004 to 2012.
The document discusses a study on users' perceptions of an e-menu prototype for a Thai restaurant. It identifies several issues with the prototype based on user feedback, such as the inability to enter order quantities or customer comments directly from the main menu. The document then provides recommendations to address these issues, such as allowing quantity selection and comment entry on the main menu screen to streamline the ordering process.
Restaurant e-menu on iPad, Rapid Application Development (RAD), Model-View-Controller (MVC), ASP.Net, Xcode, Web services, iPad application and mobile application development.
This dissertation develops a prototype electronic menu (e-menu) application for use on iPads in restaurants. The research employed a case study of a Thai restaurant to gather requirements and test the prototype. Users found the e-menu convenient and able to improve customer service by preventing human errors. Recommendations included following software development processes and a Model-View-Controller design for the e-menu system. The dissertation documents the research process and presents system analysis documents, the prototype, and users' positive perceptions of the e-menu application.
This document contains a list of potential artefacts and outcomes from a project to develop an electronic menu (e-menu) application for restaurants. It includes system analysis and design documents, a prototype e-menu application for iPad and website, videos demonstrating the e-menu features, and documents collecting user feedback on the prototype. The format of the artefacts includes documents, diagrams, applications, videos and user research findings.
This document outlines a research project to develop a prototype electronic menu (e-menu) application for casual dining restaurants. The objectives are to analyze business requirements, design system documents and an e-menu prototype, and gather user perceptions of the prototype. The research framework involves key issues analysis, design documents, a software development process using RAD and prototyping, and direct observation. The outcomes will include recommendations for e-menu application development.
The document provides recommendations for developing an e-menu prototype for a Thai restaurant. It discusses software development processes based on RAD, prototyping, and direct observation. System analysis and design documents are created, including use case diagrams, class diagrams, ER diagrams, and workflow diagrams. Technical designs include an initial e-menu design using MVC, communication between .NET and iOS platforms using web services, and Xcode development with classes, view controllers, storyboards, and application settings.
The document describes research into users' perceptions of an e-menu application for a Thai restaurant in the UK. 10 staff members comprising managers, wait staff, and chefs were interviewed after demonstrating an e-menu prototype on an iPad. The primary findings were that users saw benefits in convenience but also issues in cost. Specifically, users felt an e-menu would conveniently allow customers to view detailed food information and order extra items, while staff could easily update the menu. However, some felt the technology may be too expensive. Overall, the research concluded the e-menu's convenient features should be considered in developing a real application.
The document discusses research into a prototype e-menu system for Thai restaurants, summarizing suggestions from interviews to improve the system's features, such as allowing ordering by quantity, adding customer comments, separating set menus, and making it easier to request the main course. The suggestions aim to address issues like usability, language support, and kitchen communication in order to better meet business needs and customer satisfaction. Overall, the research seeks to identify additional requirements and solutions to further develop the e-menu software.
The document presents the final prototype of an e-menu application for restaurants. It lists 15 functional requirements of the e-menu including allowing customers to order food, search menus, check orders, request services from staff, and view order statuses. It also provides screenshots and descriptions to illustrate how the e-menu would function on an iPad for customers and staff.
The document provides an overview of the functionalities of an e-menu website for restaurant staff. It includes:
1) A process diagram showing the workflow from a customer's entrance to payment.
2) Details on managing tables, including opening and closing orders, checking order details, and manual ordering.
3) Explanations of operating orders, including changing order statuses to cooking, serving, and served for starters and main courses.
This document presents the final prototype of an e-menu application for iPad and summarizes its main features. The e-menu allows customers to easily browse menu categories to find food and drink choices. It displays appetizing images and descriptions of dishes. Customers can view the order status, add more items to their order, check the total price, and amend the order before confirming. The e-menu is intended to enhance the dining experience and increase restaurant revenue by reducing wait times and encouraging additional orders.
This document provides justifications for the approaches used in a research project to develop an e-menu prototype for a Thai restaurant. It discusses:
1) The relationship between research objectives, approaches, and outcomes using a case study methodology.
2) The justification of using a case study methodology, RAD software development, direct observation for requirements gathering, and group interviews for data collection. Reasons for each approach are provided.
3) An action plan was needed to manage the time-consuming nature of some approaches like case study and direct observation. RAD and prototyping helped reduce time for implementation.
The document provides an annotation of knowledge related to developing an e-menu system for a Thai restaurant. It discusses key aspects of the domain including e-menus for restaurants, restaurant service processes, software usability, development methodologies, and mobile app development. It analyzes different types of e-menu systems and identifies tablet e-menus as the most suitable option for the restaurant. It also diagrams the existing restaurant service process and how an e-menu could improve it by allowing direct ordering from tables.
This document provides analysis and design documents for developing an e-menu prototype for a Thai restaurant, including:
1. Functional requirements for an e-menu iPad application and web application for restaurant staff and customers.
2. Non-functional requirements regarding system performance, security, and data integration.
3. UML diagrams including a use case diagram and class diagram to model the system.
4. Entity-relationship and revised entity-relationship diagrams to design the database.
5. Process diagrams depicting the current and proposed e-menu-based food ordering workflows in the restaurant.
This document provides a wrap around conclusion for a project developing an e-menu application for a Thai restaurant. It summarizes the key stages of research including reviewing relevant knowledge areas, designing a research framework and action plan, developing prototypes of the e-menu app, gathering user feedback, and identifying limitations and recommendations. The research contributed system design documents, e-menu prototypes, analysis of user perceptions, and recommendations to help produce a functional e-menu system meeting business needs.
This document outlines the objectives and plans for a dissertation project on developing an e-menu system. The objectives are to complete the dissertation on time, manage the software development project and portfolio, identify implementation issues, and use the document for communication. The initial plan involved meetings, requirements gathering, analysis, design, prototypes, and finishing by September 10th. The updated plan shows delays but an almost finished final prototype. Key actions in June included drafting a literature review and contacting stakeholders.
The document provides instructions for installing and testing e-menu software and a related website. It explains how to:
1) Install the e-menu iPad application using Xcode and test it on the iPad simulator.
2) Install the e-menu website using Visual Studio .NET, IIS, and SQL Server and configure the connection strings.
3) Test the installed e-menu website by accessing it through a web browser.
This document provides a list of 62 references from various sources such as journal articles, books, and websites. The references cover topics related to software engineering, user interface design, requirements gathering, agile methodologies, and mobile application development. The references include publication dates ranging from 2004 to 2012.
The document discusses a study on users' perceptions of an e-menu prototype for a Thai restaurant. It identifies several issues with the prototype based on user feedback, such as the inability to enter order quantities or customer comments directly from the main menu. The document then provides recommendations to address these issues, such as allowing quantity selection and comment entry on the main menu screen to streamline the ordering process.