Sauce and Sppon Project Charter

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Project Charter:

Sauce & Spoon Proposal for Menu Tablets


DATE: [01/09/23]

Project Summary

Sauce and Spoon proposes implementing a digital menu and point-of-sale (POS)
system that will be guest-facing. This initiative will take the form of a fully integrated
tablet system located at each table to offer guests a seamless ordering experience—
and at the same time provide the restaurant with a more effective ticketing system.

To accomplish this, Sauce & Spoon would like to launch a pilot rollout of tabletop
menu tablets at two of restaurant locations, Sauce & Spoon North and Sauce &
Spoon Downtown. This rollout will assist customers with quick, easy ordering options
by offering guests a seamless ordering experience—and at the same time provide the
restaurant with a more effective ticketing system.

Project Goals

● Cut food waste by 25%


● Reduce table turn time by 30 minutes
● Increase daily guest counts by 10%
● Increase appetizer sales by 15% overall:
Target 10% increase at North location
Target 20% increase at Downtown location
● Digitizing the ordering process to speed up service and other processes.
● Run an efficient, profitable business model to continue to grow in our
community.
Deliverables – specific task or outcomes that contribute to the completion of a
goal.

● Install pilot tablets at the bar section of the North and Downtown locations.
● Train staff on the new system.
● Select tablet software package that will integrate with existing POS and system
and host system.
● Select tablet packages that include menu add-ons and coupons.
● Start the pilot at the beginning of quarter two, which gives us next quarter to get
everything ready.

Scope and Exclusion – the boundaries of a project.

In-Scope:
● Pilot tablet at North and Downtown locations.
● Roll out pilot at the bar section of restaurant.

Out-of-Scope:
● All Sauce and Spoon locations.
● Tablet rollout in entire restaurant.
● Policy Interventions and revising company policy.
● Hiring more kitchen staff.

Benefits – expected gains of a project & Costs – money spent on project tasks
as well as prices of things like time, resources, and labor.

Benefits:
● Upsell appetizers
● Promote certain entrees
● Suggest any menu item as add on
● Help reduce errors and sunken costs
Costs:
Terrific Tablets
Project Investments (Cost) Estimated Cost
1 Training materials and fees $10,000
2 Hardware and Software Implementation $30,000
across locations
3 Maintenance (IT fees through EOY) $5,000
4 Updated website and menu design fee $5,000
5 Other customization fees $550
Appendix:

Misalignments:

● Proposal is to adjust policy on order returns due to error as part of the tablet
rollout. Spoon and Sauce won’t have to replace meals when a guest claims
their order is wrong because the tablet will show it. DECISION: Move talk of
policy change regarding comps to operations. Resolved.
● Proposal to revise the food waste goal to include metrics that better capture
staff’s performance. DECISION: Deanna and Carter will work separately on
making policy adjustments for Peta to add to project goal.
● Carter wants to include a goal around improving the satisfaction of the kitchen
staff since employee turnover has been high. DECISION: Peta will help find a
way to work it into project charter.
● Reduce guest wait time by X%. DECISION: This was goal eliminated in favor of
reducing table turn time as a similar metric. – Resolved.
● Payroll issue: Proposal to reallocate payroll from front of house (FOH) to hire
more cooks vs. two part-time line cook roles. DECISION: Will monitor payroll
after pilot and review around June. – Resolved.

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