1st Edition

A Guide To Task Analysis The Task Analysis Working Group

Edited By B Kirwan, L. K. Ainsworth Copyright 1992
432 Pages
by CRC Press

432 Pages
by CRC Press

417 Pages
by CRC Press

This work shows readers how to target task analysis TA resources effectively over the life cycle of a project from conceptual design Through To Systems Operation, Noting The Role Of TA In Safety And Quality assurance, minimizing operator error,

Part 1: the task analysis process. Part 2: task analysis techniques; task data collection; task description methods; task simulation methods; task behaviour assessment methods; task requirements; evaluation methods. Part 3: task analysis case studies; balancing automation and human action through task analysis; a preliminary communications system assessment; a plant local panel review; a staffing assessment for a local control room; task simulation to predict operator workload in a command systenm; task analysis of operator safety actions; maintenance training; a method for quantifying ultrasonic inspection effectiveness; operational safety review of a solid waste storage plant; a task analysis programme for a large nuclear chemical plant.

Biography

B Kirwan, L. K. Ainsworth