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

MAP-01-011 – HFI Technical Guide (STGP 11)15.3.3 Demonstration Phase Activities15.3.3.1 Specify User TasksPurposeTo specify task descriptions for the equipment.Inputs • Product from Define User Tasks (Sect 15.3.2.3).Methods • Operational Scenario Description.• Task Analysis.• Task Synthesis.Steps • Identify the user roles for the equipment defined in theallocation of functions.• Identify user tasks and decompose these into detailed subtaskstaking account of the emerging design (Task Analysis& Task Synthesis).• Conduct analysis of the difficulty, frequency and importanceof tasks using Operational Scenarios.• Ensure that user characteristics required for taskperformance are reflected in the PSTAD (see Chap 6) andidentify any mismatch requiring further study of manningoptions or re-allocation of functions.• Identify human performance risks and limitations associatedwith tasks and re-allocate functions or redesign the userequipmentinterface to optimise human task design.• Develop detailed descriptions of task goals, inputs,processing, decision-making, outputs and problems for usein detailed design and other HFI processes.OutputsTask descriptions for each anticipated user role in theequipment.HFI ActivitiesNov 2006 Page 15-28 Issue 4