Lean Development Plan

Objective

Glizmu is a platform to make ordering food and drinks at busy venues simple, fast, and stress-free. Customers use their phones to see menus, order, and pay instantly. Venues use our system to process these orders, speed up service, and boost sales.

Core Deliverables

1) Accounts & Authentication

  • Customer sign-up/login (email + password), basic password reset.
  • Venue staff login (single default “staff” role for MVP).
  • Later: PINs, 2FA, role hierarchy.

2) Smart Menus

  • Per-venue menus editable in a simple web dashboard.
  • Categories, prices, and options (text + price only).
  • Menus auto-load for customers in that venue.
  • Later: upsells, advanced modifiers, nutrition.

3) Smart Cart

  • Add/remove items, show totals clearly.
  • Persist cart during browsing.
  • Later: multi-session persistence, split/group pay.

4) Payments (Flexa first)

  • Connect to Flexa API; handle success/failure.
  • Show in-app receipt/confirmation.
  • Later: additional gateways, refunds, group payments.

5) Order Management

  • Staff queue: incoming → in-progress → ready.
  • Customer status updates in real time.
  • Later: table assignment, kitchen routing, notifications.

6) Product Database

  • CRUD for items; categories; link to menus.
  • Later: inventory counts, supplier integrations.

7) Device Setup

  • Venue tablets/PCs run the staff dashboard reliably.
  • Endpoint engineer: Windows tablets or POS PCs configured.
  • Later: MDM/Intune, kiosk mode, full hardening.

Deferred (Post-MVP)

  • Loyalty rewards, VIP tiers.
  • Analytics dashboards.
  • Customer profiles (allergies, preferences).
  • Inventory management tools.
  • Event planner.
  • Staff role hierarchy (fine-grained RBAC).
  • Additional payments and refunds.

Timeline (First 3 Months)

Month 1

  • Project setup (repos, environments, CI/CD).
  • Accounts/auth (customers + staff).
  • Skeleton UI: customer menu + cart.
  • Control Center Foundation/Staff Dashboard w/order queue.

Month 2

  • Menu editor + Product DB.
  • Cart/checkout flow.
  • Flexa integration (test transactions).
  • Order states and real-time updates.

Month 3

  • UI polish (customer + staff).
  • Device setup + pilot-ready build.
  • Bug fixes, load testing, hardening pass.
  • Deploy to 1–2 pilot venues.

Budget Fit

  • Developers: ~$3k/month × 3 months ≈ $9k.
  • Hosting, tools, test devices: ≈ $3–5k.
  • Contingency/runway: ≈ $6–8k of $20k remains (extend testing into months 4–6).

Summary

This lean scope gets a demo-ready, pilot-ready MVP in ~3 months with three devs at ~$3k/month total. It proves the concept in live venues and positions us to add loyalty, analytics, and inventory once the core flow is validated.