Problem 1: Coffee Center
Idea Generation Techniques
Daydreaming: while sitting in a cold and boring lecture at 7:30 daydreaming about wanting a nice warm cup of coffee without having to wait in line and arrive late for the next class the idea was born to set up a fast even portable way to achieve just that.
Product Description
The winters in Potchefstroom can become very cold, especially in the mornings. Coffee can be used to wake and warm you up at times like these. Although there are places on the campus where you can buy coffee the lines are either very full or the machine is under maintenance. This can be solved by the installation of a coffee center.
This coffee center will be a self-service center where there are a variety of coffees, …show more content…
These stations will produce filtered water at an affordable price. Student will be able to buy or refill their water bottles there. These students can either buy with cash, card or students.
Problem 4: Late night eating
Idea Generation Techniques
Socializing: while socializing once the topic surfaced on having to travel to the “bult” and back late at night to buy something to eat. Thus the idea was born on how to give students the opportunity to buy food without having to travel far to get it.
Product Description
Many students find that working at night works best for them. Other are forced to stay up till late the night to finish their projects or study for an upcoming test. Whatever the reason most of the students has stay awake till late one time or another. When this happens most of them becomes hungry or tired and has to eat. The problem is that the only fast food shops that are open are some distance from the campus.
This can be solved by building a 24 hour kiosk on campus where students can sit and buy and even study till whatever time they want. Students will be able to buy take away food and beverages. They will be able to connect and use the Wi-Fi for whatever …show more content…
Coffee Center: 0.10
5. Late night eating (24h kiosk): 0.06
Figure 1: Analytic Hierarchy Process results
Analysis of results
The results of the AHP are favorable because it has selected the same project that was preferred in the selection criteria. The result itself is agreeable because according to it the bike for hire project is the project with the best financial feasibility as well as technical feasibility. This means that this project is meant to be the most cost effective, as motivated in the selection criteria. The Operational and market feasibility was second highest in both cases which makes sense seeing that there is a greater market for coffee centers but the financial feasibility is low for that project.
Conclusion
The final project chosen is Transport.
How it works
This project consist out of a bicycle hire system where you can collect a certain bike from specific bicycle racks across the campus. These rack will automatically lock and unlock the bike a student has hired after swiping his or her student card over the card machine, connecting your card to the number of the bike. Once the bike is unlocked you will be able to ride wherever you like as long you stay in the boundaries of the campus. When the student arrives at his or hers destination they will have to park the bikes at the same types of racks that he or she hired the bikes from. Every time you “take out” a bike the time spent on it will be recorded and will be listed in your study
Idea Generation Techniques
Daydreaming: while sitting in a cold and boring lecture at 7:30 daydreaming about wanting a nice warm cup of coffee without having to wait in line and arrive late for the next class the idea was born to set up a fast even portable way to achieve just that.
Product Description
The winters in Potchefstroom can become very cold, especially in the mornings. Coffee can be used to wake and warm you up at times like these. Although there are places on the campus where you can buy coffee the lines are either very full or the machine is under maintenance. This can be solved by the installation of a coffee center.
This coffee center will be a self-service center where there are a variety of coffees, …show more content…
These stations will produce filtered water at an affordable price. Student will be able to buy or refill their water bottles there. These students can either buy with cash, card or students.
Problem 4: Late night eating
Idea Generation Techniques
Socializing: while socializing once the topic surfaced on having to travel to the “bult” and back late at night to buy something to eat. Thus the idea was born on how to give students the opportunity to buy food without having to travel far to get it.
Product Description
Many students find that working at night works best for them. Other are forced to stay up till late the night to finish their projects or study for an upcoming test. Whatever the reason most of the students has stay awake till late one time or another. When this happens most of them becomes hungry or tired and has to eat. The problem is that the only fast food shops that are open are some distance from the campus.
This can be solved by building a 24 hour kiosk on campus where students can sit and buy and even study till whatever time they want. Students will be able to buy take away food and beverages. They will be able to connect and use the Wi-Fi for whatever …show more content…
Coffee Center: 0.10
5. Late night eating (24h kiosk): 0.06
Figure 1: Analytic Hierarchy Process results
Analysis of results
The results of the AHP are favorable because it has selected the same project that was preferred in the selection criteria. The result itself is agreeable because according to it the bike for hire project is the project with the best financial feasibility as well as technical feasibility. This means that this project is meant to be the most cost effective, as motivated in the selection criteria. The Operational and market feasibility was second highest in both cases which makes sense seeing that there is a greater market for coffee centers but the financial feasibility is low for that project.
Conclusion
The final project chosen is Transport.
How it works
This project consist out of a bicycle hire system where you can collect a certain bike from specific bicycle racks across the campus. These rack will automatically lock and unlock the bike a student has hired after swiping his or her student card over the card machine, connecting your card to the number of the bike. Once the bike is unlocked you will be able to ride wherever you like as long you stay in the boundaries of the campus. When the student arrives at his or hers destination they will have to park the bikes at the same types of racks that he or she hired the bikes from. Every time you “take out” a bike the time spent on it will be recorded and will be listed in your study