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\section{Executive Summary}

University Campuses offer a wide range of coffee shops and cafeteria for its faculty and students that are usually run by the same catering service and within a short distance from each other. The university body uses these establishments to buy food or coffee but also as a place to gather with acquaintances, hold meetings or work. Because of the high demand for this service, the university's cafés tend to get quite crowded and become unpleasant for those who were planning to sit in the café. Furthermore, the long queues can force students and staff to be late to their lectures or commitments. This is the problem that Coffee Time, an Internet of Things application, is trying to solve. At the moment student’s decision of which café to choose is limited by proximity to lecture facilities and menu choice, but what if there were an app that would allow them to identify which café will have the shortest queue or the best ambience and experience to sit down and work or meet with people. This application would not also help students and faculty make the best decision about what café to go in the moment, or where to meet the next day but also it would help catering services organise their staff’s schedules in accordance with peak times and predictions. 

This report details the creation and commercialisation of Coffee Time. First, a business case will explain the potential of the product in the market by explaining the business concept and other considerations such as financial requirements, profit, competitors and barriers to entry.   

The second chapter will focus on the design methodology and implementation for Coffee Time. After defining the problem, background theory will be examined to justify design decisions and finally, the overall system design for this project will be explained. 

The final chapter will discuss the engineering trade-offs that had to be considered when developing the project and what benefits were gained in term of performance at the expense of other performance metrics.  

Our report concludes that the Coffee Time IoT system solves an existing and not previously tackled problem filling in a niche in the market. We suggest as future work for the system to be further developed and commercialised. 
