Cognitive Engineering Toolkit

Abstract

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Hallmark program has applied cognitive engineering with MITRE's support since 2015 to improve Space Enterprise Command and Control decision support. Cognitive engineering methods can be used in DARPA and other DoD programs as a means for ensuring that new technology has mission value. This end-of-program report characterizes the 'why' and 'how' of cognitive engineering, with examples from the Hallmark program. Structured as a 4-part cycle of gather, analyze, design, and evaluate, the cognitive engineering toolkit methods and lessons-learned outlined in this report provide guidance on how to ensure technology innovation effectively supports human cognitive work in high consequence mission environments.

Document Details

• Document Type: Technical Report
• Publication Date: Mar 01, 2020
• Accession Number: AD1132133

Entities

People

• Chris Johnson
• Cindy Dominguez
• Craig Bonaceto
• Erika Darling
• Michelle Bryant
• Mo Rahman

Organizations

• MITRE Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Autonomy
• C4I
• Cyber
• Engineered Resilient Systems
• Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Agile Software Development
• Artificial Intelligence
• Artificial Satellites
• Cognition
• Cognitive Systems Engineering
• Cognitive Workload
• Command And Control
• Control Systems
• Engineers
• Human Systems Integration
• Industrial Engineering
• Knowledge Management
• Lessons Learned
• Psychology
• Situational Awareness
• Software Development
• Space Objects
• Systems Engineering
• Task Performance And Analysis
• United States Northern Command
• User Interface Engineering

Fields of Study

• Computer science

Readers

• Defense Technology Research and Development.
• Systems Analysis and Design
• Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.

Technology Areas

• Fully Networked C3
• Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control
• Space