Question

You are the lead human–computer interaction (HCI) engineer on a major design project for an organization of your choice. Employees or customers will use this new system and user interface (UI) design to perform data entry for the organization. The UI will need to provide the required input and output to characterize the type of data collected by the organization.

Choose an organization, such as a business, nonprofit group, government, or another organization. Provide a description of your chosen organization, including the following:

• Name of the organization
• Business type
• Size of the organization
• Planned users for the interface
• Type of data that must be captured
• The use of the data

Part of your job is to elicit and define the UI requirements for this new design.

Write a neatly-formatted report that includes the following:

• Title page
• Report of 3–5 pages consisting of the following:
  • Introduction to the contents of the report
  • Description of the organization, as detailed above
  • Identification of the following elements that must be included in this UI design for the organization:
    • Fields you expect to see in this UI screen design (e.g., menus, data entry screens, boxes, help, fields, drop-down menus)
    • List of requirements that will ensure that this interface design can easily capture data input in multiple languages
    • Explanation of interface alternatives that will be needed for different language orientations (e.g., different characters for right and left)
  • Effective conclusion

Answer 1

Please find the answeres to the above question parts:-

• Name of the organization = Dine - N - Wine
• Business type - Private Restaurant Chain Business & Bar
• Size of the organization - Large scale Organization
• Planned users for the interface - Retailers, Customers, Staff, Online Purchases
• Type of data that must be captured - Customer Details who placed the order, Order Details including the total amount of order placed, Payment Methods, Net Sales of products category wise, Total Sales in a given Locality, Retailers Details and Payments, Store locations and details, No of online orders placed and generated revenues
• The use of the data - Which retailers are bulk orders, Which products are mostly sold, What is the time when orders are high, Which month has highest sales volume, Which store generates highest sales volume, Which payment method is best preffered for online customers, Which websites are efficient for promotion of the business.

Description of the organization, as detailed above - Dine - N - Wine is a Restaurant Chain Business which specializes in beverages of various types across the parts of the globe along with serving of daily Breakfasts and Dinner. They specializes on various types of renouned in-home manufacturing of Beer, Scotch, Rum, Whisky, Magarittas and various types of Cocktails. Their breakfast and dinner menu includes Continental, Thai, Italian and Mexican dishes along with wide range of delicious pizzas. They are open from 11:00AM to 2:00PM late night and sell items at fixed MRP except in festive seasons where huge discounts are provided for customers specially who orders online.

Fields you expect to see in this UI screen design:-

Field Type	Orientation	Business Requirements
Customer Type	Checkbox with two options:- Retailer / Customer	This will help to identify who is accessing the website/app
Name	Text Field (left to right word entry)	Enter the Name of the Retailer
Language	Drop-down	Contains a list of languages/locales which the user can understand
Date of Order	Date Field	Auto set to server's current Date
Order Menu	List of Order Items available at a given location and time	Displays all Order Items which are available at a given isntant at a particular location
Total Cost	Text Field(Right to left word entry)	Auto calculated amount of item selected by the user
Coupon Code	Text Field	Enter any Coupon Code available to the customer
Address	Text Area (Max 200 characters)	Stores the Delievery Address of the Order being placed
Help Menu	Menu (Right Side of the App)	Explains all guidelines for order placing and refund procedures if any
Customer Support	Menu (Right Side of the App)	Contact No# of the support center along with address and email-id for any related queries
Store location	Google Map (in center of the App)	Displays the nearest Store where order is placed

Please let me know in case of any clarifications required. Thanks!