Cafe Observations

 Collecting Evidence of User XP

Observational Research

Formulate Plan:

Before heading to a cafe our group of 5 put together a list of questions and details we would look for. We wanted to record how many people were there, what they were doing, how long it took to get their products, what they seemed to be enjoying from the environment and what the pain points were.

Collect Data:

Costa Coffee

Quantitative Research

How many workers: 3 
How many people sitting: 15 
How many takeaway: 2 
Outside seating: 4 
Inside seated: 11 
Most people standing in line at one time: 5-6 
Wait time: 2-4 minute 

Gain points 

Fun watching experience as your coffee is made
Calm Environment
Food and Drink Variety
Seat Variation

Qualitative

Limited Accessibility
Crowded Que and waiting area- 
Revolving Menu- frustrating/anxiety
Serving Tray didn't fit the tables
ect. See mural for more 



Reflection:

I enjoyed observing the environment and finding what worked and didn't work there. However there were some problems to this method. When we were observing it was hard to gauge peoples emotions and what was the cause of them. It's hard to pinpoint exact causes of frustration. Therefore a lot of assumptions are made. For example, we assumed everyone prefers window seats due to all those seats being filled but maybe there was another cause for this. The other seats could have been filled prior to us coming and those were the left over seats. Or perhaps there was another reason that we didn't connect. Perhaps those seats were all close to sockets or something.  We were only there for such a short time so you had a very narrow sample and no way of gauging if that was the normal crowd or not. I think this kind of method for research is fine as long as it is supplemented with more in-depth research. It would also need to be repeated at different times of day and different days of the week to get a full picture.  

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