Enhancing the usability of a task analysis method: A notation and environment for requirements specification

Ergonomics

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1642-1663

  Ormerod, Thomas C ^a,c   Richardson, Juliet ^a,c   Shepherd, Andrew ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design tools and methods; Hierarchical task analysis; Information requirement specification; Interface design; Process control; Sub goal templates (SGTs); Usability

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER CONTROL; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; DESIGN; JOB ANALYSIS; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; SPECIFICATIONS; USER INTERFACES;

HIERARCHICAL TASK ANALYSIS; INFORMATION REQUIREMENT SPECIFICATION; SUB GOAL TEMPLATES; TASK ANALYSIS METHOD;

ERGONOMICS;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; JOB ANALYSIS; MOTIVATION; OPERATOR; TASK PERFORMANCE;

COMPUTERS; HUMANS; SEMANTICS; SOFTWARE DESIGN; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032213708     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401398186117     Document Type: Article

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