Task analysis for knowledge descriptions (TAKD): A requiem for a method

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 199-212

  Diaper, Dan ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; JOB ANALYSIS; PERSONNEL TRAINING; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; UNIX; USER INTERFACES;

DRIVERS REQUIREMENT CAPTURE METHODS; HIERARCHICAL TASK ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE PACKAGE LUTAKD; TASK ANALYSIS FOR KNOWLEDGE DESCRIPTIONS; USER INTERFACE DESIGN; USER MODELLING;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 0035555417     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01449290120610     Document Type: Article

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