Integrating Human Factors with Software Engineering Practices

Abstract

The design and development of human-computer interaction (HCI) has been evolving into a full engineering discipline for achieving system usability- developing systems that support their users in accomplishing their tasks with effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction. Advances have been occurring both in user interface engineering, focusing on the processes being used to develop artifacts, and in usability engineering, focusing on the products being developed. Large proportions of these systems are heavily software intensive. System engineering activities must therefore integrate HCI engineering with software engineering to achieve usability in software-intensive systems. This effort can take advantage of successful HCI engineering efforts, which have focused on human factors and HCI methods.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 29, 1994
Accession Number
ADA285210

Entities

People

  • Douglas G. Hoecker
  • Elizabeth A. Buie
  • Gene F. Lynch
  • J. T. Roth
  • Jim Carter
  • Michael J. Muller
  • William E. Hefley

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cognitive Systems Engineering
  • Complex Systems
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Information Systems
  • Life Cycles
  • New York
  • Software Development
  • Task Performance And Analysis
  • United States
  • User Interface
  • User Interface Engineering

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.