App idea

Our prototype is aimed towards reducing the La Prima line in order to open up this critical through-way for students who are trying to get to class. In order to do this, we designed an app. This app collects important data about wait times by having students start and stop a timer when they get in and out of line. That data is then displayed both at the front of the La Prima line and on the home screen of the app so that students can decide whether or not they have enough time to wait. The app can also take your order and tell you when it should be ready, that way the La Prima staff can start making drinks before people even get in line and the load can be spread out.

The layout of the app tries to embody the process of ordering a drink in real life as closely as possible. The menu screen gives a list of clickable options that is meant to look like the physical menu at La Prima. The next step, customizing the order, is also meant to recreate the process of ordering in real life by imitating the action of specifying the specific drink instructions typically given to a barista. Overall, the app is meant to be intuitive because it allows the customer to go through the steps of ordering a drink in real life as closely as possible.