Integration Analysis: A Proposed Integration of Test and Evaluation Techniques for Early on Detection of Human Factors Engineering Discrepancies.

Abstract

The objective of this thesis is to address the idea of implementing a viable T&E technique at the early stages of DT&E in order to reduce design discrepancies and minimize acquisition costs and time. This technique involves integration of Task Analysis, Operator Interviews and Link Analysis to evaluate a system's Functional Mock-up. The technique will, therefore, be referred to as Integration Analysis throughout the paper. In order to provide a measure of its contribution, it will be implemented on a recently procured system that experienced numerous HFE design discrepancies at its OT&E stage. The system in question, the Recovery Assist, Securing, and Traversing (RAST) System associated with the LAMPS MK III Acquisition, revealed HFE problems in relation to its LSO Control Station. The use of the subject technique could have discovered a majority of those problems much earlier in the Acquisition Process.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA127611

Entities

People

  • David Leo Carlson

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aircrafts
  • Communication Equipment
  • Communication Systems
  • Engineering
  • Flight Decks
  • Helicopters
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Link Analysis
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Questionnaires
  • Recovery
  • Stations
  • Systems Engineering
  • Task Performance And Analysis
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Three Dimensional

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  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Theoretical Analysis.