THE DEVELOPMENT OF WEB APPLICATION PROTOTYPE FOR MANAGEMENT OF CINERARIUM FOR OM NOI TEMPLE, SAMUT SAKHON PROVINCE

Abstract

The research aimed to 1) study the current problems of cinerarium management system, 2) develop a cinerarium management system, and 3) assess the satisfaction of the sample of cinerarium management system of Om Noi temple Samut Sakhon province. The research uses mixed methods research combined with both quantitative and qualitative approaches. Target and population are 310 monks and Buddhists who have experience using web applications. The research tools consisted of: 1) qualitative research uses structured interviews, and 2) quantitative research employed a questionnaire to assess user satisfaction with the developed system. The statistics used to analyze the data were frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation. The research findings were as follows: 1) The temple has not yet integrated digital technology to assist with the cinerarium management system. Exhausted searching for requested data leads to errors repeatedly. Those who wish to reserve a cinerarium are not inconvenienced. 2) The developed cinerarium management system of Om Noi temple is a web-based application that integrates a database. It supports two major components, as follows: 1) The front office is for general visitors and potential cinerarium reservations. 2) The back office, which the administrator uses to investigate and manage data in the system. 3) The results of the evaluation of overall user satisfaction had a mean of 4.42 and a standard deviation of 0.66, indicating a high degree of satisfaction.