Sydney Korean BBQ: A Mobile Food Ordering Application Project

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Sydney Korean BBQ
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Abstract:
Purpose of the assignment is increasing the efficiency of the restaurant management and staff for
the customers by using PDAs or mobile based wireless food ordering applications.
The application on the user’s mobile will have all the details about the restaurant and food that
are available. On the UI, the user will be able to see the menu where all the applicable options
will be available also there will be a help and about us section from them, the user can contact
the management.
Through this application, the staff and management team will get more accurate because of the
customer real-time feedback system and also the quality of the food and staff will be in under
control.
Introduction:
The online food ordering method is now possible because of the researches and the advancement
in the field of Information and Communication Technology. Now one can order food according
to their wish from anywhere at any time. They just need to download and install a mobile-based
food ordering application like Hungryhouse, Ubereats, Just Eat, Deliveroo etc. in their android or
IOS mobile phone and start ordering food from any restaurant that is available in the sections.
For the payment process, users can use the electronic mode of payment where E-money is used
as a transfer of money which is the same as the cash payment but in a digital way. A customer
can order the food and go to payment sections, where they can transfer money to the restaurant’s
bank account using their credit or debit card.
PDAs or Personal Digital Assistants have the ability to communicate with any other PDAs or
any personal computer through internet connectivity. This helps customers to request any
possible thing from their home place and get it there as well. This digital ordering system will let
the users send their order request which will be received by the management and the kitchen
respectively where the payment of the order will be handled by the management while the
kitchen will prepare the meal. Using this system, users have to wait very less for the meal. Thus
this system would be time-saving as well. This topic includes the scope of the project, project
characteristics, design and implementation of the application.
a. User interface design for your application–
This user interface designed is inspired by the Nielson’s Heuristics usability principal where
appropriate qualities are designed for the compatibility of the user.
 Visibility: the application will keep updating the user about what is going on and what the
user can do right now so that the user won’t get confused with a blank screen.
 Match between system and the real world: The language that is used is same as the
speaking language of the user for the coordination between the user and the system.
 User control and freedom: if users, by mistake, choose any unwanted state then there
should be an “emergency exit” button, therefore, the application is so designed that it supports
undo and redo options.

 Error Prevention: If the user wants to quit the application, cancel a purchase, reorder or any
other state that needs confirmation then in that situation a confirmation popup will be there for
the user to confirm their decision.
 Help users recognize, diagnose and recover from the errors: error message or
confirmation messages are so designed that the user can easily understand what the error is and
take decision accordingly.
 Consistency and Standards: every action button has their own characteristics that are also
visible for the user, to keep consistency in the system.
 Recognition rather than recall: users don’t have to remember all of the data to reach any
destination or any product in the application they just need to start with the initials and system
will provide the appropriate options to choose.
 Flexibility and efficiency of use: Application provides a convenient atmosphere where
expert users, as well as a novice user, can interact with the application system.
 Aesthetic and minimalist design: dialogues boxes are so designed that looks elegant in style
as well as they do not contain any extra bit of unneeded information.
 Help and Documentation: Any issue or concern is raised in user’s mind they can just go to
the help section and get to a conclusion also about us provide the needed documentation of the
application for the user.
b. How my design meets the user’s requirements and enhances their experience.
In a good food ordering application, an average user needs some specific function as a quick
menu for the item that are available, a list that can represent the available restaurants as well
items or meal arranged in a particular way, a reservation section where the user can book meal
for a specific time, for the queries and the concerns user need a help section from which they can
get to a conclusion part of their queries, a location system to search the restaurant address on
map or for the booking purpose, also for the documentation purpose user will need the ‘Contact
Us’ or ‘About Us’ section where all the important appropriate documentation should be there. It
will also a great advantage for the user if they can get to see about the newly added items or
meals, offers on some particular meals, newly added restaurants and other things that all are
displayed on one screen.
This application is so designed that all the section that meet to the user requirement are covered
here. A user can use this section to fulfill their requirement and order product accordingly. Here,
in the PDA application, Home screen has latest deals and new restaurant so the user can see and
access directly from the Home screen. Menu section describes the deal they need and quick
search option. Reservation section provides the user, access to book the meal for a specific time
on a specific date and Location section is helpful for the user to get familiar about the location of
the restaurant.
Help and About Us section is arranged to solve the queries and concern of the user and get them
to a solution.
c. What factors influenced my design, how they influenced it and why
First of all, a user always needs an application that can fulfill their requirement in the easiest
manner because the more ease of access the application will have the more user will stay in
touch with the application. No user likes a complicated interface of an application. This concept
in Sydney Korean BBQ application is used so that every other user stay familiar to the
application and can provide best benefits to the application and the restaurant as well.

If the user gets to know that they are unable to access something, or application is restriction user
for any service then this concern should be solved if the request is under accessible permissions
for the user. That is why Help section is evolved for these kinds of concerns.
A basic principle for the design that is used in this application is that ‘ease of use’. Everything
that is designed should be in an appropriate manner and appropriate way. No one wants too
many screens, popups, and other irrelevant items on the screen while they are ordering their
food.
According to the Business requirement, there should be a platform which can connect customers
from different place to the providers in that particular place and also let the customers know
about the offers and deals of the providers so that the providers can get maximum customers and
system can grow accordingly. This application is a platform or interface between the customer
and the providers. This solves the connectivity issue and helps the business to grow.
Also, there might be many platforms like one, so make this platform a little different from others,
the focus is on the ease of use of the application and more and more clients and customers should
be added to it. For that, promoting the application on social media like Facebook, Instagram can
be the best way to increase production and grow business.
d. Discussion on similar interfaces
The design of Sydney Korean BBQ is inspired by Deliveroo app. Deliveroo app uses a user
interface which is not that typical but also not easy than Sydney Korean BBQ.
 Navigation is as easy as the Deliveroo application User can easily find out their need and
easily order their meal.
 The layout is almost similar to the Deliveroo application where Home section provides the
latest deals and offers and Menu section provides the deals that are suitable for the user.
 The help section is arranged similarly to Deliveroo application and FAQs are used for the
quick solutions of user’s queries.
 About us section is similar to Deliveroo application to provide only appropriate information
about the application for the user to gain trust.
 Graphics are so designed that would not make any effect on the application like hanging or
buffering effect because large graphics files need more time to appear. That is better quality
from Deliveroo app.
 Location service which is provided by the Deliveroo application is more attractive than the
Sydney Korean BBQ application because of the large use of graphics.
Conclusion:
In this paper, the presented Food ordering application is developed and its qualities are
discussed. This application is PDA based which allows user to order food from any restaurant to
their own place or they can also book tables at the restaurant on a specific time. This convenient,
effective system will also be able to work with the quality of the restaurant.
The Proposed system would attract the customer by its design, ease of use and products and will
also improve and maintain the quality of the restaurants as well as the ordering and billing
section.
Overall conclusion is that an effective and simple food ordering system is made by using the
wireless technology, Internet, and Android or IOS device.

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