Requirements Analysis for the Protective Gloves System
Abstract
This report documents a user requirements analysis for the Protective Gloves System (PGS). The analysis resulted in recommended modifications to the PGS draft Operational Requirements Document (ORD). The PGS is an Army Soldier Enhancement Program (SEP). The motivation for this SEP originated with a suggestion from a military engineer, which described some deficiencies of the current Barbed Wire Glove. Some of these shortfalls were too much bulk, lack of dexterity, lack of comfort, too cumbersome, etc. Also, feedback from Bosnia and/or Macedonia indicated that huge numbers of Intermediate Cold/Wet Gloves were turned in due to damage from handling Barbed and Concertina Wire. Evidently, users chose to wear the more comfortable Cold/Wet gloves, despite the fact that the directions for these gloves included the phrase "not for use in handling Barbed Wire." The costs generated from this misuse were exorbitant. The proponent for this SEP is the MP School at Ft. McClellan, AL, which developed the draft ORD. This ORD addresses the original concerns of military engineers, plus some of the unique requirements of MPs. Expert Choice (EC), a decision support software tool, was used to help evaluate the user requirements. EC is based on the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), which is a method for prioritizing system characteristics, based on pairwise comparisons.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1999
- Accession Number
- ADA365795
Entities
People
- Roger A. Schleper