Human Factors in System Design, Development, and Testing

"Human Factors in System Design, Development, and Testing" describes engineering system design as a behavioral process, a process which raises questions the designer must answer. It focuses on the concepts underlying the design process, culminating in a behavioral theory of the design process. Special effort has been made to depict human factors design as it actually occurs. Particular attention is paid to users of the design products, with special emphasis on design for the elderly and handicapped.
Written by one of the first leaders in human factors, this book features:
*the use of a large scale survey of design specialists to determine how design issues and problems are dealt with in real life;
*an analysis of the engineering design process as actually being based on cognitive behaviors; and
*the development of a behavioral theory of design.

List of contents

Series Foreword, Preface, List of Acronyms, 1 An Overview of System Development, 2 The Design Process, 3 Design Methods, 4 Design Practice, 5 Information Resources, 6 Software Design, 7 The User, 8 A Behavioral Theory of System Design, References, Author Index, Subject Index

About the author

David Meister, Thomas P. Enderwick

Summary

The book will describe "the system developmental process" in design for the Human Factors specialist. It will look at three area; analysis, design and testing and is written by one of the first leaders in Human Factors, David Meister.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas P. Enderwick, Enderwick Thomas P., David Meister, Meister David
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2001
• EAN: 9780805832068
• ISBN: 978-0-8058-3206-8
• No. of pages: 262
• Weight: 589 g
• Series: Human Factors and Ergonomics
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > IT; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Engineering, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Engineering (General), TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Health & Safety, Engineering: general, Automatic control engineering, COMPUTERS / Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Ergonomics