AA 2000 Review - Human Factors Session

This session was held on the 7th November, 2000. The presentations are available in PowerPoint Show (pps) format  - file sizes are given in brackets for the benefit of the bandwidth challenged. This session was sponsored by Nickleby HFE Ltd.

The aim of this session was to identify the key issues which, if they could be resolved, would go a long way towards helping to improve the ability of UK industry to develop systems and products which deliver real benefits from consideration of human issues.  The session had four principal objectives;

•  To identify the types of benefits which better consideration of human issues in systems development can bring

• To make INCOSE members aware that there are a range of initiatives in different industries which are addressing the same issue
• To contribute to identifying the necessary engineering, management and organizational conditions (in terms of processes and tasks) which need to be met for any technology development program to effectively address the human dimension
• To identify technical, cultural and organisational barriers which prevent full integration of human-centred processes, techniques and methods into SE practice.

The session took the form of a series of presentations from the invited speakers followed by an open discussion.

The session was chaired by Col. David Wright of HQ LAND Command and featured presentations from:

• "Integrating Human Issues Into Systems Engineering" (63kB) by Ron McLeod of Nickleby HFE Ltd

• "User-Centered Design for Self-Service Products" (52kB) by Eleanor Forrest of Nickleby HFE Ltd

• "Designing For Safety" (33kB) by Bob Miles of HSE Offshore Safety Division

• "The MoD Human Factors Integration Programme" (385kB) by Mel Forster of the DPA

• "Integrating Human Factors Into Systems Engineering" (262kB) by Ken Paler of BAE SYSTEMS.

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Last Updated: 09 March, 2006