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

Annex 3 – HF Techniques, Methods and ToolsA3.1 IntroductionThis Annex provides details of a number of HF techniques, methods and relatedtools. The details have been drawn from three sources:• Information produced by the Human Factors Integration DefenceTechnology Centre (HFI DTC) 1 under two work packages: Work Package1.3.2 – Design Methods Review and Work Package 1.3.3 – EvaluationMethods Review; reported in ‘Human Factors Design & EvaluationMethods Review’ [Ref 32].• Legacy information obtained from Annex A3 of STGP 11 ‘HFI TechnicalGuide‘ [Ref 33].• Information synthesised to support the update from STGP 11 [Ref 33] (i.e.Issue 3) to this version of the document - MAP-01-011 (i.e. Issue 4).In this Annex, the information is presented in summary form, with information onthe various methods and tools being grouped into a series of families of related‘techniques’, eg:• Task Analysis techniques.• Human Performance analysis techniques.• Human Reliability analysis techniques.• Human-Machine Interface evaluation techniques.As stated above, much of the information in this Annex has been taken from theDTC report ‘Human Factors Design & Evaluation Methods Review’ [Ref 32]. TheDTC work screened and evaluated over 200 techniques, methods and toolssuitable for use in the design and evaluation of future C4I systems; with many ofthese techniques etc having a wider applicability. The 590-page study reportreviewed 91 techniques, methods and tools in considerable detail. This Annexdoes not attempt to fully summarise the report. Material has been filtered toexclude techniques etc that are unlikely to benefit Naval acquisition projects;thus the Annex excludes Civil Aviation and Civil Air Traffic Control applications.Further, the Annex discusses the approaches and the factors associated withtheir use, within a naval acquisition context. For greater detail on specifictechniques, methods and tools, the reader is directed to the published DTCreport [Ref 32].Note … Citations from the DTC report are used in this Annex and are listedin Annex 1. Citations are identified by a number of the form ‘DTCnnn’.Legacy information on HF methods and tools from STGP 11 [Ref 33] has beenprocessed into a standard form, consistent with the new information from theDTC work. As a result of feedback from STGP 11 users, some of the legacy1 The HFI DTC is a collaborative programme between MoD, Industry and Academia toundertake focussed research to support UK military capability acquisition.May 2006 Page A3-5 Issue 4