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<strong>MAP</strong>-<strong>01</strong>-<strong>01</strong>1 – <strong>HFI</strong> <strong>Technical</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> (STGP 11)14.3.2.3 Prototype Workstation LayoutPurposeTo provide assessments of workstation layouts for use inoptimising the design.Inputs • Workspace and workstation layout.Methods • Operability Scenario Definition.• Operability Evaluation.• User-Equipment Interface Prototyping.Steps • Develop and apply task scripts based on OperabilityScenarios during workstation evaluation, these scripts aredesigned to exercise each aspect of the workstation designmaking use of Operability Evaluation checklists etc. andUser-Equipment Interface Prototyping (Chap 15).• Record performance of user representatives following taskscripts using observer checklists, self-report by users and/orvideo-taping of user movements.• Evaluate information displays to ensure that the mostimportant and most frequently used information is centred inthe user’s field of view.• Assess legibility of each display item and input device legendunder the full range of lighting conditions.• Assess audibility of voice and equipment sounds under thefull range of likely noise levels.• Evaluate user position and comfort to ensure that physicaland physiological stress is minimised.• Evaluate reach and manipulation of each input device andcontrol.• Assess visibility of, and interaction with, other workstationpositions or shared displays.Output • Evaluations of each workstation layout andrecommendations for re-design.<strong>HFI</strong> ActivitiesNov 2006 Page 14-18 Issue 4

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