Behavioral Task Analysis

Abstract

This chapter begins by defining a few key concepts that are critical to understanding the nature of tasks and task analysis. A brief overview of the development of task analysis and the distinction between behavioral task analysis and cognitive task analysis is presented. The general questions that behavioral task analysis helps answer is listed describing the typical stages involved in conducting a behavioral task analysis. Following the general discussion, several cases illustrating specific applications are presented as well as some limitations and pitfalls. Finally, a brief overview of tools that are available to assist in conducting a task analysis is given.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA525350

Entities

People

  • Dee H. Andrews
  • Herbert H. Bell
  • Kenneth Silber
  • Wallace H. Wulfeck Ii
  • Wellesley Foshay

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Cognition
  • Cognitive Science
  • Cognitive Systems Engineering
  • Control Systems
  • Employment
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Human Systems Integration
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Information Systems
  • Job Analysis
  • Management Personnel
  • Psychology
  • Students
  • Systems Engineering
  • Task Performance And Analysis
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Biology
  • Psychology

Readers

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