HLTH173 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Heuristic Evaluation, Industrial Engineering, Usability Testing
2 Aug 2016
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2 characteristics of design (elaborate: choice, compromise. Human factors goals: enhance performance, performance = all-encompassing term that may involve the reduction of errors or an increase in productivity. Point a point b: implementation - once problem is identified, 5 different approaches (pertaining to design) can be directed toward implementing solutions: equipment, task, environmental, training, selection. Lighting, temperature, noise management structure: training design focuses on better preparing worker for conditions that he or she will encounter in job environment by teaching/practicing necessary skills (ex. Mental and physical skills required for the job: selection design recognizes individual differences across humans in almost every physical and mental dimension that is relevant for good system performance (ex. Select operators who have the best physical abilities) Initial focus on military and industrial applications, but expanded focus over past decades: industrial manufacturing, nuclear power, chemical processes, computer applications and it, health care, consumer products (watches, cameras, vcrs, transportation.
