Guidelines for Assessing Whether Human Factors Were Considered in the Weapon Systems Acquisition Process.

Abstract

Human factors should be an important consideration in the weapon systems acquisition process to assure that weapon systems can be operated and maintained by the people who must use them. GAO suggests general guidelines to use in determining the extent to which human factors were considered in this process. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 08, 1981
Accession Number
ADA111844

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Attrition
  • Business Administration
  • Contractors
  • Department Of Defense
  • Deployment
  • Engineering
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Job Training
  • Lead Time
  • Lessons Learned
  • Maintenance
  • Personnel Management
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training
  • Weapon Systems
  • Workload

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Systems Analysis and Design