MAP-01-011 HFI Technical Guide - Human Factors Integration ...

Chapter 1 – The HFI Technical Guideinvolves requirements specification, design assessment, acceptance into servicecontinuing in-service support and disposal of the system at the end of its lifecycle. It is important that HFI technical issues are addressed in an appropriatemanner at each Phase of procurement for each type of platform or equipment. Inorder to identify both the design priorities, and the organisations that should beinvolved in the process, HFI Technical Areas have been developed. Table 1-1summarises the HFI Technical Areas, and shows the HFI Domains from whichthey stem.The HFI Domains are used MoD-wide to structure HFI work and have beendescribed in MAP-01-010 [Ref 1]. The HFI Technical Areas are a suggestedstructure to cover both Platform and related Equipment projects. Definitions forthe HFI Technical Areas are given in Chapter 2 of this document.In previous issues of this Guide, HFI technical issues were embedded withinchapters dedicated either to the platform or to the equipment. Whilst this mayreflect the traditional approach to the procurement of Sea Systems, the potentialexisted for duplication of information, particularly where there was no realdifference between the technical issues for either platform or equipment. Thecurrent issue of this Guide takes this overlap into account by combining platformand equipment information where it is sensible to do so. Each chapter discussesa HFI Technical Area with respect to both platform and equipments, combininginformation where it has generic application and making the distinction betweenplatform and equipment where there are differences.When there are differences between HFI Technical Areas for platform orequipment, the following differentiation applies:• Platform HFI Technical Areas address issues affecting the crew includingcomplementing, training, deck and compartment layout, vesselmaintenance and ship husbandry, overall environment and habitability,traffic flow and material handling and crew health and safety.• Equipment HFI Technical Areas deal with issues arising for CombatSystem and marine engineering equipment. Equipment areas focus onteam organisation, personnel skill and physical capabilities and limitations,training, operability and man-machine interface/human-computer interfacedesign, workstation design and workspace layout, the local environmentand health and safety aspects for the specific equipment.In addition, Chapter 2 includes Navigation Checklists for HFI Activities andOutputs, which provide cross-references to aid navigation between MAP-01-010and MAP-01-011.Nov 2006 Page 1-5 Issue 4