Web-Based Boarding Management Application Design

Abstract

In Indonesia, the rental business of temporary accommodations or boarding houses ('kost') has significantly grown due to the influx of individuals from various cities or regions seeking temporary residence for educational pursuits, work, entrepreneurship, or marriage. Boarding house owners often manage not just one or two rooms but can have dozens or even hundreds of rooms. This extensive scale makes it challenging for boarding house owners to efficiently handle payment data, accurately record information, and report room damages using conventional methods. To address these challenges, an application was developed to streamline data management for boarding house owners, enabling them to efficiently manage their businesses. The data collection methods employed for developing this application included observation, interviews, and literature review, following the waterfall model for software development. The obtained results from this application development facilitate better service management for boarding house owners, enhancing cost and time efficiency while improving the quantity and quality of managed information.