The design of complete systems: Providing human factors guidance for COTS acquisition

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1554-1565

  Bruseberg, Anne ^a  

^a Systems Engineering and Assessment Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment checklist; COTS (commercial off the shelf); Human Factors Integration (HFI); MoD acquisition process

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

ASSESSMENT CHECKLIST; COMMERCIAL OFF-THE-SHELF (COTS); HUMAN FACTORS INTEGRATION (HFI); MOD ACQUISITION PROCESSES;

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 33746779996     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2006.01.016     Document Type: Article

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