Analysis Techniques For Man-Machine Systems Design

NATO UNCLASSIFIED1111wAC/243(Panel 8)TR/7 1-Volume 2ApplicationsCritical design requirements analyses have been used since Lho early 1960s. Morgan et al. (1963) provide an examplefrom a command and control application. Bishop & Guinness (1966) report the use of such a technique for thedevelopment of design requirements for the evaluation of competing designs of a rifle. It was used for theidentification of design requirements for a Landing Signals Officer (LSO) compartment for a helicopter-carryingdestroyer, and for the control cabins for Resupply at Sea (RAS) operations for destroyers in Canada.Quality assurance considerationsThe technique is dependent on the expertise of the analyst, and the information on critical operator tasks and potentialhuman-machine interface solutions.Relationship to system performance requirementsThe analyses are related directly to system performance requirements by concentrating on critical operator tasks andcritical system variables.References and Bibliography1. Bishop, E.W. & Guinness, G.V. Jnr. (1966). Human factors interaction with industrial design. Human Factors. 8(4) 279-289.2. Morgan, C.T., Cook, J.S., Chapanis, A., & Lund, M.W. (1963). Human engincerinz izuide to equipment desiTn.New York: McGraw-Hill Co. Inc.3. Woodson, W.E. (1981). Human factors desien handbook, (pp. 961-964). New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co.NATO UNCLASSIFIED- 124 -